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Phosphene

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Phosphene is technical name for the bursts of light and color that you think you see when you rub your eyes through your eyelids. I love that there is a word for such an obscure biological sensation. And to me, at least,  it sounds exactly like what it is.

Kimdog

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One Response to “Phosphene”

  1. darsh019 on April 4th, 2008 3:55 pm

    it sounds pungent.

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