Usually means: Visual sensation without external stimulus.
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  1. phosphene: Merriam-Webster
  2. phosphene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phosphene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phosphene: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phosphene: Wordnik
  6. phosphene: Wiktionary
  7. phosphene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. phosphene: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. phosphene: Dictionary.com
  10. Phosphene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Phosphene: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. phosphene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Phosphene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. phosphene: FreeDictionary.org
  15. phosphene: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. phosphene: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. phosphene: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. phosphene: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. phosphene: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. phosphene: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (phosphene)

noun:  A sensation of lights induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation (rather than optical) of the retina or visual cortex, or by random firing of cells in the visual system.

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