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Schirmer Ophthalm.|ˈʃɜːmə(r)|
[The name of Otto Schirmer (1864–1917), German ophthalmologist, who proposed the test in 1903 (Archiv f. Ophthalm. LVI. 197).]
Schirmer('s) test: a test in which the end of a strip of filter paper is placed on the surface of the eye over the lachrymal duct: the rate at which it is moistened indicates the rate of lachrymal secretion.
1935Trans. Amer. Ophthalm. Soc. XXXIII. 428 Schirmer's test read 3 mm. O.S., 5 mm. O.D., in five minutes. 1941Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalm. XXIV. 21/1 The Schirmer test shows zero to 6–8 mm. in 5 minutes, whereas the lower limit of the normal is 15 mm. according to Schirmer. 1977Lancet 12 Nov. 1027/2 Schirmer's test, which is often reported in the assessment of eye complaints in patients who are taking beta-adrenergic-receptor blocking drugs, is misleading and inaccurate. |