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light-adapted eye

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light-adapted eye
n.
An eye that has been exposed to light of relatively high intensity and has undergone adjustments of photochemical change and constriction of the pupil. Also called photopic eye.
light-adapted eye
Etymology: AS, leoht + L, adaptatio + AS, eage
an eye that has been exposed to bright light long enough for chemical and physiologic changes to take place, such as bleaching of the rhodopsin or visual purple. The loss of cone sensitivity to light may require increased light intensity to obtain the same degree of visual acuity. Also called photopic eye.


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