MEANING
A visual sensation of flashes, sparks, or streaks of light without a corresponding light source.
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Unexplained flashes or sparks in someone’s vision.Use for light perceived in the eye when no matching flash appears in the scene.
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A brief photopsia flickered at the edge of her sight as the corridor went dark.
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- photopsia
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