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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the use of a gonioscope in conjunction with a slit lamp or operating microscope to gain a view of the anatomical angle formed between the eye's cornea and iris, known as the iridocorneal angle countable, uncountable
2. 2
   an examination of the front part of the eye to check the angle where the iris meets the cornea; it is used to distinguish between open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma wordnet

Etymology

From gonio- + -scopy.

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