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Ophthalmoscope

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

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ophthalmoscope
Eyewear; Optometry

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

ophthalmoscope
Optometry; Optometry

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

ophthalmoscope
Health care; Cancer treatment

A lighted instrument used to examine the inside of the eye, including the retina and the optic nerve.

ophthalmoscope
Medical; Health care; Medicine

Devices for examining the interior of the eye, permitting the clear visualization of the structures of the eye at any depth.

ophthalmoscope
Language; Dictionaries

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 ...

ophthalmoscope graticules
Eyewear; Optometry

Patterns or targets or graticules which can be optionally positioned in the illuminating light path within the instrument and which will be imaged on the retina for diagnostic, ...

pantoscopic angle
Eyewear; Optometry

1. Angle in the vertical plane between the optical axis of a spectacle lens and the visual axis of the eye in the primary position, usually taken to be the horizontal. 2. Angle ...

optical material
Eyewear; Optometry

Transparent material capable of being manufactured into optical components.

optical radiation hazard
Eyewear; Optometry

Possibility of damage to the retina by optical radiation.

optical centre
Eyewear; Optometry

For practical purposes, the intersection of the optical axis with the front surface a lens.

optical axis
Eyewear; Optometry

Straight line, perpendicular to both optical surfaces of a spectacle lens, along which light can pass undeviated.

ophthalmometer
Eyewear; Optometry

An instrument designed to measure and indicate the radii of curvature and principal meridians of the human cornea's, central area and of contact lenses.

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