Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Schiotz tonometer Pronunciation:
'shy[oe]ts-, 'shy&rts- Function:
noun : a tonometer used to measure intraocular pressure in millimeters ofmercury
Schiøtz /'shy[oe]ts,/ Hjalmar (1850–1927), Norwegian physician. With the French ophthalmologist Louis-Emile Javal (1839–1907),Schiøtz invented a tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure. They introduced their tonometer in an article published in 1881.
