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sideroscope

[sid-er-uh-skohp]

noun

Ophthalmology.

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sideroscope1

First recorded in 1820–30; sidero- 1 + -scope
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Sideroscope, sid′ėr-o-skōp, n. an instrument for detecting minute degrees of magnetism by means of a combination of magnetic needles.

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