α. 1900s– fundoscopic.
β. 1900s– funduscopic.
fundoscopicadj.
/ˌfʌndəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌfəndəˈskɑpɪk/ Medicine.
Designating examination of the fundus of the eye with an ophthalmoscope or other optical instrument; of or relating to such examination.
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1901 Providence Med. Jrnl. 1 17 Double optic atrophy had been found by fundoscopic examination some time previous to my visits.
1926 U.S. Veterans' Bureau Med. Bull. 2 225 A complaint of headache in a patient presenting mental disease should always be investigated by both funduscopic and radiographic examinations.
1962 Q. Rev. Biol. 37 148/1 Heterozygous females show no visual defect but often show striking fundoscopic changes such as irregular pigmentation and atrophy around the optic disc.
1995 McGill Jrnl. Med. Spring 63/2 It attempts to screen premature, low birth-weight infants by initial fundoscopic examination at about six weeks of age.
2011 J.-L. Vincent et al. Text-bk. Crit. Care (ed. 6) lxxxviii. 663/1 These funduscopic findings reflect chronic hypertension and have no prognostic significance with regard to hypertensive crisis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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