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SPINTHERISM

\spˈɪnθəɹˌɪzəm], \spˈɪnθəɹˌɪzəm], \s_p_ˈɪ_n_θ_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of SPINTHERISM

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Apparent vision of sparks, due to shock; popularly termed "seeing stars.".

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

[Greek] Photopsia.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Photopsy; sparks before the eyes.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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