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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward.
  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye.

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  • adjective law Of or pertaining to person below a certain legal age, or to a ward
  • adjective Of or pertaining to a student
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye

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  • adjective of or relating to the pupil of the eye

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Examples

  • None of the patients recovered normal sight, but all of them had at least a 100-fold increase in so-called pupillary light response, meaning the constriction of the pupil when exposed to light.

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  • None of the patients recovered normal sight, but all of them had an at-least 100-fold increase in so-called pupillary light response, meaning the constriction of the pupil when exposed to light.

    unknown title 2009

  • For example, he believes future games will do more than sense motion like the Wii, but also take into account human biometrics like “pupillary dilation and heart rate.”

    Game Developers Conference: Seattle’s Littles Strike Big « PubliCola 2010

  • They say it's because they measure it for each pair of glasses, but that's rubbish; I can tell from their well-practised line: we don't give out pupillary distances.

    On top of it, there's the poor sight headaches. 2009

  • My Opticians Walker and Campbell refuse to give me the pupillary distance.

    On top of it, there's the poor sight headaches. 2009

  • And for Glasses Direct to put the prisms in, they need my pupillary distance, and they need it exact.

    On top of it, there's the poor sight headaches. 2009

  • Experiments combine EEG with eye tracking, heart rate, breathing rate, skin conductance, and blinking and pupillary responses.

    Engammetron Sandra K 2008

  • Experiments combine EEG with eye tracking, heart rate, breathing rate, skin conductance, and blinking and pupillary responses.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Sandra K 2008

  • A completely unconscious person with a functional visual system can show reflexes like pupillary contraction, and brain activity that corresponds correctly to external stimuli can be recorded in the visual cortex.

    Hey Dr. Egnor: At Least Galen Dissected Animals, Not Straw Men - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Retaining brainstem functions, PVS patients exhibit some or all of the following: unassisted respiration and heartbeat; wake and sleep cycles (made possible by an intact ascending reticular activating system, though destruction to the cerebrum precludes consciousness); pupillary reaction to light and eyes movements; and such reflexes as swallowing, gagging, and coughing.

    The Definition of Death DeGrazia, David 2007

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