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单词 retinoscope
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retinoscopen.

Brit. /ˈrɛtᵻnəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈrɛtn̩əskoʊp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: retino- comb. form, -scope comb. form.
Etymology: < retino- comb. form + -scope comb. form. In sense 1 after French rétinoscope (R. Houdin 1866, in Comptes rendus hebd. de l'Acad. des Sci. 63 857); compare earlier retinoscopy n. 1. In sense 2 after retinoscopy n. 3. Compare retinoscopic adj.
Ophthalmology.
1. An instrument used to visualize the vascular pattern of the retina (of the observer's own eye). Cf. retinoscopy n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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1866 Chem. News 30 Nov. 260/1 The author describes several instruments, which he calls respectively the pupilloscope, the pupillometer, the retinoscope, and the diopsimeter.
2. A device used to perform retinoscopy (retinoscopy n. 3), typically incorporating a mirror, light source, and condensing lens.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [noun] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye > instruments used in
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strabometer1874
perimeter1875
leucoscope1883
retinoscope1883
phacoscope1886
phorometer1888
campimeter1889
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skiascope1892
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synoptophore1934
1883 Louisville Med. News 15 Dec. 369/2 With the retinoscope the unequal rapidity of light and shadow in the different meridians of the eye testified to its [sc. astigmatism] existence.
1897 J. Thorington Retinoscopy v. 45 To give a patient thus refracted with the retinoscope his emmetropic correction..an allowance must always be made, in all meridians, of one diopter.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) vii. 74 The streak effect is obtained by using a plano-cylindrical retinoscopy mirror or a similarly adjusted electric retinoscope.
1998 A. Munro Love of Good Woman 4 The retinoscope looks more complicated. Underneath the round forehead clamp is something like an elf's head, with a round flat face and a pointed metal cap.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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