See Also: Stiles-Crawford effect(medicine)
Stiles-Crawford effect(health)
Isomorphism(medicine)
isomorphism(dictionary)
Stiles, Walter(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Crawford (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Crawford, Joan(encyclopedia)
Crawford, Cheryl(encyclopedia)
Crawford, Joan(dictionary)

Stiles-Crawford effect (medicine) and isomorphism (iou)


Stiles-Crawford effect (medicine)


Stiles-Crawford effect
Light that enters through the centre of the pupil produces a greater visual effect than light that enters obliquely.


isomorphism (iou)



isomorphism noun. E19.
[formed as ISOMORPH + -ISM.]
Chemistry & Mineralogy. The property of crystallizing in the same or closely related forms, esp. as exhibited by substances of analogous composition. E19.
Math. & Philosophy. Identity of form and operations between two or more groups or Other sets; an exact correspondence as regards the number of constituent elements and the relations between them; spec. a one-to-one homomorphism. L19.
Biology. A similarity of appearance displayed by organisms having different genotypes. E20.
Psychology. A correspondence assumed to exist between the structure of mental events and that of the underlying neural events. M20.