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Definition of Keratoscopy
1. Noun. Examination of the cornea with a keratoscope to detect irregularities in its anterior surface.
Medical Definition of Keratoscopy
1. 1. Examination of the reflections from the anterior surface of the cornea in order to determine the character and amount of corneal astigmatism. 2. A term first applied by Cuignet to his method of retinoscopy. Origin: kerato-+ G. Skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keratoscopy
Literary usage of Keratoscopy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Optical Manual: Or Handbook of Instructions for the Guidance of Surgeons by Thomas Longmore (1885)
"keratoscopy is a name given to a mode of determining the refractive condition of an
... keratoscopy does not depend upon observation of the cornea itself, ..."
2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1881)
"Refraction of the Eye : its Diagnosis, and the Correction of its Errors, with a
Chapter on keratoscopy. By A. STANFORD MORTON, MB, FRCS Ed. London : HK ..."
3. The Illustrated Optical Manual, Or Handbook of Instructions for the Guidance by Thomas Longmore (1888)
"The practice of keratoscopy requires not only a mirror, either concave or plain,
but also a complete case of trial lenses. As such trial cases do not form ..."
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