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ophthalmoscope


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ophthalmoscope  \Oph*thal"mo*scope\,  n.  [From  Gr  ?  the  eye  + 
  -scope.]  (Physiol.) 
  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.  --  {Oph*thal`mo*scop"ic}, 
  a. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ophthalmoscope 
  n  :  an  instrument  for  examining  the  retina  of  the  eye 




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