retinoscopicadj.
/ˌrɛtᵻnəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌrɛtn̩əˈskɑpɪk/ Ophthalmology.
Of, relating to, or performed by retinoscopy (retinoscopy n. 3).
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [adjective] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye
perimetrical1852
ophthalmoscopic1857
ophthalmoscopical1867
retinoscopic1883
skiascopic1890
perimetric1899
campimetrical1901
scotometric1913
pupillometric1952
refractive1953
1883 Ophthalmic Rev. 2 295 There is no reason..to assume that the observed eye behaves in the same manner with respect to its accommodation during retinoscopic as during direct ophthalmoscopic examination.
1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Sept. 734 The true retinoscopic observation was thereby obscured.
1991 Brit. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 75 707 Retinoscopic refraction revealed the loss of 1.5 dioptres of accommodative power in each eye one minute after he began to eat.
2008 Jrnl. Cataract & Refractive Surg. 34 1425/2 Retinoscopic examination by an ophthalmologist is mandatory to rule out oil-drop cataracts.
Derivatives
retinoˈscopically adv.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [adverb] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye
ophthalmoscopically1879
retinoscopically1895
perimetrically1899
skiascopically1899
pupillographically1940
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Retina Retinoscopically.
1951 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 33A 924 Optic atrophy was evident retinoscopically.
1990 Optometry & Vision Sci. 67 799 The accommodative response was monitored retinoscopically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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