Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Shadow-test: a method of estimating the refraction of an eye by throwing into it light from an ophthalmoscopic mirror, and observing the movement which the retinal illumination makes on slightly rotating the mirror. Also called keratoscopy, retinoscopy, koroscopy, pupilloscopy, retinoskiascopy.
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- noun
retinoscopy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek skiā, shadow + –scopy.]
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bilby commented on the word skiascopy
Ok so not applicable to groundhogs?
April 10, 2024