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ei⋅det⋅ic

  [ahy-det-ik]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
2. of or pertaining to eidos.
Origin:
1920–25; < Gk eidētikós, equiv. to eîd(os) eidos + -ētikos -etic
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ei·det·ic   (ī-dět'ĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images.

[German eidetisch, from Greek eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
ei·det'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

eidetic 
"pertaining to the faculty of projecting images," 1924, from Ger. eidetisch, coined by Ger. psychologist Erich Jaensch (1883-1940), from Gk. eidetikos "pertaining to images," also "pertaining to knowledge," from eidesis "knowledge," from eidos "form, shape" (see -oid).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ei·det·ic
Pronunciation: I-'det-ik
Function: adjective
: marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recallespecially of visual images eidetic memory> —ei·det·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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