θəˌskoʊp 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.
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| obsolete med 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
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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orthoscope or·tho·scope (ôr'thə-skōp')
n.
An instrument used to examine the eye that eliminates corneal refraction by means of a layer of water.
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