Word Meanings - RETINAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to the retina. Retinal purple (Physiol. Chem.), the visual purple.
Related words: (words related to RETINAL)
- RETINALITE
A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster. - PHYSIOLOGICALLY
In a physiological manner. - PHYSIOLOGIC
Physiological. - PHYSIOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry. - RETINAL
Of or pertaining to the retina. Retinal purple (Physiol. Chem.), the visual purple. - RETINASPHALT; RETINASPHALTUM
Retinite. - RETINACULUM
One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms. (more info) A connecting band; a frænum; as, the retinacula of the ileocæcal and ileocolic valves. One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones - PHYSIOLOGER
A physiologist. - VISUALIZER
One who visualizes or is proficient in visualization; esp. - PURPLEHEART
A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera . Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - PHYSIOLOGIST
One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues. - VISUALIZE
No one who has not seen them can possibly visualize them. Lubbock. - PURPLE
Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia as, the banded purple . See Illust. under Ursula. (more info) porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. 1. A color formed - PHYSIOLATRY
The worship of the powers or agencies of nature; materialism in religion; nature worship. "The physiolatry of the Vedas." M. Williams. - RETINA
The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye. Note: The fibers of the optic nerve and the retinal blood vessels spread out upon the front surface of - PHYSIOLOGY
1. The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life. Note: It is divided into animal and vegetable physiology, dealing with animal and vegetable life respectively. - PURPLEWOOD
See PURPLEHEART - VISUAL
1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. The air, Nowhere so clear, sharpened his visual ray. Milton. 2. That can be seen; visible. Visual angle. See under Angle. -- Visual cone - PHYSIOLOGIZE
To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations. Cudworth. - EMPURPLE
To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips. - ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL
Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism. - BEPURPLE
To tinge or dye with a purple color. - PHYTOPHYSIOLOGY
Vegetable physiology.