orthoscope

[awr-thuh-skohp]

noun Ophthalmology.

(formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.

Origin of orthoscope

First recorded in 1890–95; ortho- + -scope

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British Dictionary definitions for orthoscope

orthoscope

noun

med obsolete a 19th-century instrument for viewing the fundus of the eye through a layer of water, which eliminates distortion caused by the cornea

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orthoscope in Medicine

orthoscope

[ôr′thə-skōp′]

n.

An instrument used to examine the eye that eliminates corneal refraction by means of a layer of water.