Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

gonioscope

American  
[goh-nee-uh-skohp] / ˌgoʊ ni əˌskoʊp /

noun

  1. an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.

gonioscope British  
/ ˈɡəʊnɪəʊˌskəʊp /

noun

  1. an instrument used for examining the structures of the eye between the cornea and the lens that are not directly visible

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • gonioscopic adjective
  • gonioscopy noun

Etymology

Origin of gonioscope

gonio- + -scope

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.