Definition of Diascope

1. a slide projector [n -S]

Medical Definition of Diascope

1. A flat glass plate through which one can examine superficial skin lesions by means of pressure. Origin: G. Dia, through, + skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diascope

diary keeper
diaryl
diarylamine
diarylamines
diarylated
diarylation
diarylethene
diarylethenes
diarylike
diaryliodonium
diarylmaleimide
diarylmaleimides
diarylquinoline
diarylquinolines
diaschisis
diascope (current term)
diascopes
diascopy
diascordium
diaspora
diasporan
diasporas
diaspore
diaspores
diasporic
diastalsis
diastaltic
diastase
diastases
diastasic

Literary usage of Diascope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Drawing by William Walker (1890)
"THE ' diascope,' as its name implies, is in its simplest form merely a piece of cardboard or thin wood, ..."

2. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1908)
"It has been named the "diascope," and must be seen to be fully appreciated. The diascope is a leather- covered case with two hinged doors and folding wings ..."

3. Diseases of the Skin: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners by J. M. H. MacLeod (1921)
"The diascope is a piece of glass which, when pressed firmly on the lesion, ... A convenient form of diascope is one shaped like a pleximeter made of glass ..."

4. Outlines of Industrial Drawing.: An Elementary Manual for the Self by Paul Achille Garin (1892)
"The diascope. Through the center of a 5" x 7" piece of cardboard, cut an oblong 3" x 5". Divide this opening into square inches, by vertical and horizontal ..."

5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"Besides assisting in the diagnosis of disease, the diascope may aid in the detection of ill feelings, and bad workings of the brain, and powerfully help to ..."

6. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1907)
"The deeper nodules, when viewed through a diascope, appeared very little altered in size. The whole patch, which previous to treatment was raised ..."

7. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1855)
"And when it is used for the purpose of multiplying images, it may be called the multiplying diascope. Here let us notice that the round form of the images, ..."

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