skiascopicadj.
/ˌskʌɪəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌskaɪəˈskɑpɪk/ Medicine.
Of or relating to skiascopy, employing skiascopy; esp. = 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
1890 Jrnl. Ophthalmol., Otol. & Laryngol. 2 329 I have also found the skiascopic disk of Burnett a wonderful aid in performing the work.
1911 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 July 541 Aneurysm [of the aorta] was only diagnosed when the classic symptoms of the disease could be demonstrated by physical and skiascopic methods.
1933 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 112 541 Skiascopic examination two years ago demonstrated the immediate passage of liquid from stomach to jejunum.
1958 Ophthalmic Lit. 12 557 Four important skiascopic fields are to be considered.
2008 Eye 22 1384 (title) Comparison of laser ray-tracing and skiascopic ocular wavefront-sensing devices.
Derivatives
ˌskiaˈscopically adv. with the aid of a skiascope, by means of a skiascope.
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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
1899 G. A. Rogers Skiascopy i. 35 With its correction all on, viewed skiascopically the pupillary display will be the same as that of an emmetrope.
1930 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 13 102/1 Jackson measured skiascopically the symmetrical aberration in one hundred eyes.
1989 H. Aasved in H. J. Gjessing & B. Karlsen Longitudinal Study Dyslexia xii. 199 Only one pupil was on the myopic side, skiascopically −0.5 in both eyes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1890