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Plá⋅ci⋅do's disk

[plah-si-dohz]
–noun Ophthalmology.
a device marked with concentric black rings, used to detect corneal irregularities.

Origin:
after A. Plácido da Costa (1848–1916), Portuguese ophthalmologist, who devised it
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Placido's disk Pla·ci·do's disk (plä-sē'dōz, plä'sē-d&oobreve;z)
n.
See keratoscope.

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