Usually means: Changes optical properties with light.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. photorefractive: Merriam-Webster
  2. photorefractive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. photorefractive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. photorefractive: Wiktionary
  5. photorefractive: Dictionary.com
  6. photorefractive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. photorefractive: Encyclopedia

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  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. photorefractive: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photorefractive)

▸ adjective:  (physics) of or relating to a change in refractive index in the presence of light

Similar:
refractive, refractometric, autorefractive, refractional, photoelastic, photoferroelectric, piezooptic, birefringent, photoreceptoral, autorefractometric, more...

Opposite:
non-photorefractive, un-photorefractive

Phrases:
photorefractive keratectomy, photorefractive effect, more...

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Similar:
refractive, refractometric, autorefractive, refractional, photoelastic, photoferroelectric, piezooptic, birefringent, photoreceptoral, autorefractometric, more...

Opposite:
non-photorefractive, un-photorefractive

Phrases:
photorefractive keratectomy, photorefractive effect, more...



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