- Haidinger brushes
- Hai·ding·er brushes (hiґding-ər) [Wilhelm von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, 1795–1871] see under brush.
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Haidinger brushes — see Haidinger s brush … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Haidinger's brush — Also known as Haidinger brushes, Haidinger s brushes, and Haidinger s polarization brushes. All four eponyms refer to the Austrian physicist, geologist, and mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795 1871), who has been credited with … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Haidinger's brush — is an entoptic phenomenon first described by Austrianphysicist Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger in 1844.Many people are able to perceive polarization of light.It may be seen as a yellowish horizontal bar or bow tie shape (with fuzzy ends, hence the… … Wikipedia
Haidinger's brushes — Hai·ding·er s brush·es hī diŋ ərz brəsh əz n pl a faint blue and yellow dumbbell shaped image that is produced in the human eye by the selective absorption of polarized light by the yellow macular pigment of the fovea and can be used to detect… … Medical dictionary
Haidinger's brushes — see Haidinger s brush … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Haidinger's polarization brushes — see Haidinger s brush … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Haidinger — Wilhelm von, Austrian mineralogist, 1795–1871. See H. brushes, under brush … Medical dictionary
brush — An instrument made of some flexible material, such as bristles, attached to a handle or to the tip of a catheter. [A.S. byrst, bristle] Ayre b. a device, consisting of a long flexible tube with a b. at the distal end, for collecting gastric… … Medical dictionary
Phenomene entoptique — Phénomène entoptique Les phénomènes entoptiques sont des effets visuels dont la source est dans l’œil lui même. Sommaire 1 Définition et histoire 2 Exemples de phénomènes entoptiques 2.1 Phénomène pseudo entoptique … Wikipédia en Français
Phénomène entoptique — Les phénomènes entoptiques sont des effets visuels dont la source est dans l’œil lui même. Sommaire 1 Définition et histoire 2 Exemples de phénomènes entoptiques 2.1 Phénomène pseudo entoptique … Wikipédia en Français
