SINCE 1828
horopter
noun
ho·rop·ter
| \ hə-ˈräp-tər, hȯ-
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Medical Definition of horopter
: the locus of points in external space whose images are formed on corresponding places of the two retinas and which are seen single
Other Words from horopter
horopteric
\ ˌhȯ-ˌräp-ˈter-ik
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adjective
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adjective
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