iridization

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  1. The state of being, or the act or process of rendering, iridescent; exhibition of the colors of the rainbow. This rainbow was wholly white, without even as much iridization as is noticeable in halos. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXV. 288.
  2. In pathology, the rainbow-like appearance about a light seen by persons suffering from glaucoma.

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