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photopia /pho·to·pia/ (fo-to´pe-ah) day vision.photop´ic
pho·to·pi·a (f-tp-)
n.
Vision in bright light, mediated by cone cells of the retina; daylight vision. Also called photopic vision.

pho·topic (-tpk, -tpk) adj.

photopia [fo-to´pe-ah]
day vision. adj., adj photop´ic.

photopia
day vision.


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The relation of apparent brightness to contrast threshold on a photopic background: Dependence on retinal position and size.
Photopic and scotopic fine matrix mapping of retinal areas of increased fundus autofluorescence in patients with age-related maculopathy.
It depends among other things on target size and ambient light level, decreasing with increase of light level, but leveling off and hardly changing in the photopic domain.
 
 
 
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