[ skə(ʊ)'tɒpɪk ]
■ adjective Physiology relating to or denoting vision in dim light. Often contrasted with photopic .
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Gk skotos 'darkness' + -opia + -ic .
[ skə(ʊ)'tɒpɪk ]
■ adjective Physiology relating to or denoting vision in dim light. Often contrasted with photopic .
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Gk skotos 'darkness' + -opia + -ic .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004