Purkinje effect — n PURKINJE PHENOMENON * * * see under phenomenon … Medical dictionary
Purkinje effect — The Purkinje effect (sometimes called the Purkinje shift, or dark adaptation and named after the Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně) is the tendency for the peak sensitivity of the human eye to shift toward the blue end of the color spectrum … Wikipedia
purkinje effect — noun see purkinje phenomenon … Useful english dictionary
Purkinje phenomenon — n a shift of the region of apparent maximal spectral luminosity from yellow with the light adapted eye toward violet with the dark adapted eye that is presumably associated with predominance of cone vision in bright and rod vision in dim… … Medical dictionary
Purkinje — is a name attributed to several biological features, so named for their discovery by Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně: *Purkinje cells, located in the cerebellum *Purkinje fibers, located in the heart *The visual Purkinje effect *Purkinje… … Wikipedia
Purkinje, Jan Evangelista — born Dec. 17, 1787, Libochovice, Bohemia died July 28, 1869, Prague, Czech. Czech experimental physiologist. He discovered the Purkinje effect (as light decreases, red objects appear to fade faster than blue ones), Purkinje cells (large branching … Universalium
Purkinje figure — Also known as Purkyne figure. Both eponyms refer to the Bohemian physiologist Johannes Evangelista Purkyne (1787 1869). They are used to denote an entoptic phenomenon consisting of a black, tree like structure that can be made visible under… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Purkinje , Johannes Evangelista — (1787–1869) Czech physiologist Born at Libochovice (now in the Czech Republic), Purkinje began studying to be a priest but changed to medicine and graduated MD from Charles University, Prague, in 1819. He became professor of physiology and… … Scientists
purkinje phenomenon — noun or purkinje shift also purkinje effect Usage: usually capitalized 1st P : a shift of the region of apparent maximal spectral luminosity from yellow with the light adapted eye toward violet with the dark adapted eye that is presumably… … Useful english dictionary
Purkinje shift — see Purkinje effect … Dictionary of Hallucinations
