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UK
/ˈɒfθɐlmˌɒskəʊp/
]
[ US /ɑfˈθæɫməˌskoʊp/ ]
[ US /ɑfˈθæɫməˌskoʊp/ ]
NOUN
- medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye
How To Use ophthalmoscope In A Sentence
- When I examine people's eyes, I shine the light of my ophthalmoscope on whatever magazine happens to be in the front of the wall rack and tell them to focus on the celebrity on the cover.
- By mid-century, the stethoscope had been joined by the ophthalmoscope and laryngoscope, the thermometer and spirometer.
- Image: Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis 1850: German physician Hermann von Helmholtz, who devoted much of his career to studying the eye and the physics of vision and perception, demonstrates his ophthalmoscope to the Berlin Physical Society. Dec. 6, 1850: The Eyes Have It, Thanks to the Ophthalmoscope
- There are no batteries for electrical instruments like torches, ophthalmoscopes and laryngoscopes.
- We also want to raise awareness for families of young kids to tell their pediatricians to do the proper diagnosis, to use what they call the ophthalmoscope and to dilate the eyes. Ventura County Star Stories
- Caught early enough -- and the ophthalmoscope is the method for pinning it down -- the condition can be treated with laser surgery. Dec. 6, 1850: The Eyes Have It, Thanks to the Ophthalmoscope
- German physician Hermann von Helmholtz, who devoted much of his career to studying the eye and the physics of vision and perception, demonstrates his ophthalmoscope to the Berlin Physical Society.
- Helmholtz achieved a staggering number of scientific results, including the formulation of energy conservation, the vortex equations for fluid dynamics, the notion of free energy in thermodynamics, and the invention of the ophthalmoscope. Hermann von Helmholtz
- I deflated the cuff, and then peered into her eyes with my ophthalmoscope. TECHNOLOGY'S LIMITS
- Even with limited equipment - an interesting toy for fixation, an eye chart, a penlight, a Wood's lamp, fluorescein strips and an ophthalmoscope - family physicians can identify most important causes of vision loss.