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Definition of Bioscopy
1. Noun. (medicine) the examination of a body to determine if it is alive or dead ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bioscopy
1. a type of medical examination [n -PIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bioscopy
Literary usage of Bioscopy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Electro-bioscopy.—The determination of the existence of life or death by the
passage of electricity through the muscles and nerves. Electro-Brassing. ..."
2. A New Medical Dictionary: Including All the Words and Phrases Used in by George Milbry Gould (1890)
"See bioscopy. E.-chemistry, the science of the inter-relations and laws of
electricity and chemistry. E.-magnetism, magnetism induced within iron, ..."
3. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"bioscopy (bi-os1-ko-pe) [see Bioscope]. Examination of the body to ascertain
whether life is present. B., Electro-, examination by the *id of the electric ..."
4. Elementary Principles of Electro-therapeutics for the Use of Physicians and by Celia M. Haynes (1890)
"Electro-bioscopy. Testing the muscles by electricity to see if life is extinct.
Electro-Cautery. See Galvano-Cautery. Electro-Chemical Bath. ..."
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