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Record 1 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
organum visus
Latin
organum visuale
Latin
DEF

The group of structures comprising the eye, the optic nerve and certain parts of the brain, which transforms the light stimulus into a complex of nerve excitations, whose subjective correlate is visual perception.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
organum visus
Latin
organum visuale
Latin
DEF

Ensemble constitué par l'œil, le nerf optique et des parties du cerveau, qui transforme le stimulus lumineux en ce complexe d'excitations nerveuses, dont la perception visuelle est le corrélatif subjectif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
organum visus
Latin
organum visuale
Latin
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