| visual yellow | The orange retinaldehyde resulting from the action of light on the rhodopsin of the retina, which converts the 11-cis-retinal component of the rhodopsin to all-trans-retinal plus opsin. Synonym: trans-retinal, visual yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| primary visual area | Area of the occipital lobe concerned with vision. (12 Dec 1998) |
| primary visual cortex | See: visual cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary visual area | Area of the occipital lobe concerned with vision. (12 Dec 1998) |
| secondary visual cortex | See: visual cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| evoked potentials, visual | The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by visual stimulation or stimulation of the visual pathways. (12 Dec 1998) |
| unformed visual hallucination | Hallucination composed of sparks, lights, or bursting spheres of light. (05 Mar 2000) |
| formed visual hallucination | <psychiatry> Hallucination composed of scenes, often landscapes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional visual loss | An apparent loss of visual acuity or visual field with no substantiating physical signs; often due to a natural concern about visual loss combined with suggestibility and a fear of the worst; best treated with reassurance. (05 Mar 2000) |