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    What is the scientific name for the little sparkly affects that you see when you close your eyes really tight?

    Question #11523. Asked by cinderella. (Apr 10 01 1:06 AM)


    shantaram

    		Eye Floaters : To some people these 'floaters' look like spots; to others, they look like tiny threads. They are not on your eyes but in them. These floaters are bits of cellular debris that come and go without treatment.

    Apr 10 01, 7:45 AM
    Jeeves

    		Photopsia. See http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=Photopsia

    Mar 26 03, 3:40 PM
    McGruff

    		Phosphene n. [Gr. light + to show.]
    A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image.
    http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=phosphene

    Sep 23 04, 2:42 AM

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