Ophthalmoscopy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Examination of the eye with an ophthalmoscope. countable, uncountable

    "A complete lenticular cataract, be it hard or soft, becomes an object of ophthalmoscopy only in so far, as we can convince ourselves by the oblique illumination that there are no clear unopaque portions of the lens left."

  2. 2
    examination of the interior of an eye using an ophthalmoscope wordnet
  3. 3
    The design, construction and use of ophthalmoscopes. countable, uncountable

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funduscopyfunduscopy

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"A complete lenticular cataract, be it hard or soft, becomes an object of ophthalmoscopy only in so far, as we can convince ourselves by the oblique illumination that there are no clear unopaque portions of the lens left."

Etymology

From ophthalmo- + -scopy.

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