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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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