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Definition of purkinje shift - 1 dictionary result
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Purkinje shift n.
The change in the eye's region of maximal visual acuity as a function of availability of light; in the light-adapted eye the region is in the yellow range whereas in the dark-adapted eye the region is in the green range of the color spectrum.

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