单词 | keratoscope |
释义 | > as lemmasˈkeratoscope ˈkeratoscope n. Brit. , U.S. [ < Spanish keratoscopio (Placido 1880, in Periódico de Oftalm. Prát. Sept.–Nov. 44)] an instrument for inspecting the cornea.ΚΠ 1886 C. M. Culver tr. E. Landolt Refraction & Accomm. of Eye iv. 329 This author [sc. Placido] uses, as a ‘keratoscope’, a disc of card-board, wood or zinc, 23 centimetres in diameter. On one side is drawn a series of concentric circles, alternately black and white. 1910 H. C. Parker Handbk. Dis. Eye 81 The cone is observed by inspection..with an instrument known as the keratoscope. 1972 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 62 169/1 In a conventional keratoscope, light from a flat or curved target subtending about 150° at the eye is specularly reflected by the anterior surface of the cornea. < as lemmas |
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