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Word Meanings - RETINAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the retina. Retinal purple (Physiol. Chem.), the visual purple.

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  • 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.

 

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