Plácido's disk
[plah-si-dohz]
- a device marked with concentric black rings, used to detect corneal irregularities.
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Origin of Plácido's disk
after A. Plácido da Costa (1848–1916), Portuguese ophthalmologist, who devised it
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Placido's disk
(plä-sē′dōz)- keratoscope
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