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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  • Ok so not applicable to groundhogs?

    April 10, 2024