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Definition of Ophthalmoscope
1. Noun. Medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye.
Definition of Ophthalmoscope
1. n. An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens.
Definition of Ophthalmoscope
1. Noun. an instrument for examining the interior of the eye ¹
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Definition of Ophthalmoscope
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Medical Definition of Ophthalmoscope
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophthalmoscope
Literary usage of Ophthalmoscope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"With the ophthalmoscope, as with other instruments, the cheap instrument is very
apt to ... And the ophthalmoscope must pass through a similar pruning and ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"THE Morton ophthalmoscope presents some new features which may be of interest to
... It is a modification of the Gower's ophthalmoscope, as are all modern ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"Reflecting ophthalmoscope.—MR. JZ LAURENCE has lately invented a reflecting ...
An ophthalmoscope on this principle consists, then, simply of two parts—(1) ..."
4. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell (1887)
"The Fundus of the Normal Eye as seen with the ophthalmoscope.—Anomalies. V.
Determination of the Optical Condition of the Eye with the ophthalmoscope. ..."
5. Hermann Von Helmholtz by Leo Koenigsberger (1906)
"I shall examine as many patients as possible with the chief oculist here, and
then publish the matter.' The ophthalmoscope was, however, ..."
6. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"The ophthalmoscope.—The light that falls into the eye is partly absorbed by the
black pigment of the choroid coat and is partly reflected back to the ..."
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