VISUAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Visible

Example:

a visual image

Synonyms:

ocular; visual

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

seeable; visible (capable of being seen; or open to easy view)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or using sight

Example:

visual navigation

Synonyms:

ocular; optic; optical; visual

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

sight (the ability to see; the visual faculty)

Credits

Context examples:

The finding suggests that the inferior frontal junction may direct the flow of visual processing during object-based attention.

(How the brain pays attention to faces and places, NIH)

Patients may present with visual disturbances or proptosis.

(Orbit Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include headache, vomiting, visual disturbances, and endocrine dysfunction.

(Pituitary Gland Apoplexy, NCI Thesaurus)

ATCV-1 was associated with decreases on tests of visual processing.

(Algal Virus Infects, Affects Humans, NIH)

An objective visual sensation that appears with the eyes closed and in the absence of visual light.

(Phosphene Visualization, NCI Thesaurus)

Sudden hemorrhage or ischemic necrosis involving the pituitary gland which may be associated with acute visual loss, severe headache, meningeal signs, cranial nerve palsies, panhypopituitarism, and rarely COMA.

(Pituitary Gland Apoplexy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A machine-readable representation of information in a visual format on a surface.

(Barcode, NCI Thesaurus)

Creation of a visual window of the apex of the root that includes retrofilling the apical portion of the root canal.

(Apical Endodontic Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein may participate in the regulation of visual phototransduction or in the integration of photoreceptor metabolism.

(Phosducin, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Clinical signs include altered mental status, visual impairment and decreased muscle coordination.