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sideroscope

American

[sid-er-uh-skohp] / ˈsɪd ər əˌskoʊp /

noun

Ophthalmology.

an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.

Etymology

Origin of sideroscope

First recorded in 1820–30; sidero- ¹ + -scope

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