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单词 retinoscopy
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retinoscopyn.

Brit. /ˌrɛtᵻˈnɒskəpi/, U.S. /ˌrɛtnˈɑskəpi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: retino- comb. form, -scopy comb. form.
Etymology: < retino- comb. form + -scopy comb. form. In sense 2 after French rétinoscopie (in rétinoscopie phosphénique , 1851 or earlier). In sense 3 probably after French rétinoscopique retinoscopic adj. (1880 in this sense; compare rétinoscopie , used later in 1880 in this sense). Compare retinoscope n., retinoscopic adj.
Ophthalmology.
1. Visualization of the vascular pattern of the retina (of one's own eye). Cf. retinoscope n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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1855 Maryland & Virginia Med. Jrnl. 4 413 Professor Burow..advances a step in retinoscopy.
2. A technique for assessing the functional state of the retina by applying pressure to the eye to produce phosphenes. Obsolete. rare.
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1863 J. Hogg Man. Ophthalmoscopic Surg. (ed. 3) 135 There has recently been introduced from Paris a process for ascertaining the condition of the retina..which its proposer, M. Serres d'Uzès, calls ‘phosphenic retinoscopy’.
1868 Med. & Surg. Reporter 6 June 487/1 M. Serre d'Uzes introduced to the notice of surgeons a mode of subjective retinal exploration, which he designates as phosphenian retinoscopy.
3. A method for determining the refraction of the eye by projecting a beam of light into it and observing the movements of the illuminated area of the retina and the light reflected back through the pupil. Also: ophthalmoscopic examination of the retina (rare).An earlier name for this method was keratoscopy; it was also called skiascopy.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [noun] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye
ophthalmoscopy1864
retinoscopy1880
skiascopy1885
refraction1889
strabismometry1889
perimetry1890
strabometry1900
campimetry1901
scotometry1912
gonioscopy1923
1880 London Med. Rec. 15 Apr. 158/1Retinoscopy’, or some such term, would be more correct than keratoscopy, seeing that really the cornea plays no part whatever in the appearances described.
1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 787/1 Retinoscopy..is useful in determining and correcting the refraction where the patients are..too stupid to assist with their answers.
1904 Science 17 June 920/1 Retinoscopy is..a necessary part of the modern oculist's equipment.
1961 Lancet 12 Aug. 356/2 Retinoscopy reveals a peculiar brown or grey streaking resembling vessels in distribution but not in colour; hence the term angioid streaking.
1996 Jrnl. Compar. Physiol. A. 179 185 Refractive state and corneal curvatures were measured in vivo by retinoscopy and ophthalmometry respectively.

Derivatives

retiˈnoscopist n. an expert or specialist in retinoscopy.
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1893 G. E. de Schweinitz Dis. Eye iii. 131 These variations in the degree of illumination and rapidity of movement aid the expert retinoscopist to a diagnosis.
1904 Optical Jrnl. 2 June 938 No matter what the defect, hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism, simple, compound, or mixed, all give up the secrets to the skilled retinoscopist.
1996 Jrnl. Amer. Optometric Assoc. 67 610 The best way for a retinoscopist to avoid such aberrations..is to neutralize the reflex across the largest visual zone possible.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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