Library / English Dictionary

VISUAL SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sensory system for vision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("visual system" is a kind of...):

sensory system (the body's system of sense organs)

Meronyms (parts of "visual system"):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

nervus opticus; optic nerve; optic tract; second cranial nerve (the cranial nerve that serves the retina)

Domain category:

sight; vision; visual modality; visual sense (the ability to see; the visual faculty)

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