indirect vision


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indirect vision

[‚in·də′rekt ′vizh·ən]
(physiology)
peripheral vision
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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