Slit lamp

lamp

[lamp] an apparatus for furnishing heat or light.Gullstrand's slit lamp an apparatus for projecting a narrow flat beam of intense light into the eye. See also slit lamp.slit lamp one embodying a diaphragm containing a slitlike opening, by means of which a narrow, flat beam of intense light may be projected into the eye. It gives intense illumination so that microscopic study may be made of the conjunctiva, cornea, iris, lens, and vitreous, the special feature being that it illuminates a section through the substance of these structures.

Examiner using hand-held slit lamp. (Photography by Leslie MacKeen.) From Stein et al., 2000.sun lamp (ultraviolet lamp) an electric light that transmits ultraviolet rays" >ultraviolet rays; used as a therapeutic device and as a means of obtaining an artificial suntan. See also ultraviolet therapy.

slit lamp

a combination of a microscope and a narrow beam of collimated light, used to examine the eye.

slit·lamp

, slit lamp (slit'lamp) ophthalmology An instrument consisting of a microscope combined with a rectangular light source that can be narrowed into a slit for examination of the eye.
Synonym(s): biomicroscope, Gullstrand slitlamp.

SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION

SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION

slit lamp

A lamp so constructed that an intense light is emitted through a slit; used for examination of the eye. See: illustrationillustrationSee also: lamp

Slit lamp

A microscope that projects a linear slit beam of light onto the eye; allows viewing of the conjunctiva, cornea, iris, aqueous humor, lens, and eyelid.Mentioned in: Corneal Abrasion, Eye Examination, Uveitis

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noun (ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve

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