optokinetic
/ˌɒptə(ʊ)kɪˈnɛtɪk/ /ˌɒptəʊkʌɪˈnɛtɪk/Physiology and Medicine
adjective
Designating or relating to the action of turning of the eyes or body towards a moving object; specifically designating a physiological form of nystagmus elicited by the fixation of objects that are rapidly traversing the visual field (a response typically found in mammals).
Origin
1920s. From opto- + kinetic.
- feelingless
- feelingly
- feelingness
- feel like (doing) something
- feel one's age
- feel one's oats
- feel one's way
- feel (or find) one's legs
- feel (or look) small
- feel (or take) the pulse of
- feel small
- feel the draught
- feel the pinch
- feel the pulse of
- feelthy
- feely
- fee-paying
- fee simple
- feet
- fee tail
- feet first
- feet of clay
- feh
- Fehling's reagent
- Fehling's solution