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Definition of Snellen
1. Noun. Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908).
Definition of Snellen
1. Proper noun. A kind of eye chart. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Snellen
1. Hermann, Dutch ophthalmologist, 1834-1908. See: Snellen's test types, Snellen's sign. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snellen
Literary usage of Snellen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of School Geography (1897)
"103. 70. » conspersa Felder. 104. 71. » fumosa snellen. 105. 72. » Species. 106.
73. » Species. 74. » Species. 107. 75. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
"The profession are under great obligations to Dr. snellen for this extremely
useful volume, a copy of which should be on the table of every practitioner. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"The movement,' M. Renou remarks, ' is therefore magnetic and not mechanical.'
FIG. 2.—Potsdam : Horizontal Intensity, April 27,1894. Utrecht (MM snellen) ..."
4. The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses by William Horatio Bates (1920)
"Place a snellen test card on the wall at a distance of ten, fourteen, or twenty
feet, and devote half a minute a day, or longer, to reading the smallest ..."
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