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Definition of Keratoscope

1. Noun. Medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface.

Medical Definition of Keratoscope

1. An instrument marked with lines or circles by means of which the corneal reflex can be observed. Synonym: Placido da Costa's disk. Origin: kerato-+ G. Skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Keratoscope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ophthalmology and Ophthalmoscopy: For Practitioners and Students of Medicine by Hermann Schmidt-Rimpler, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1889)
"The keratoscope, fastened to a stand, is placed opposite the individual to be tested. While he fixes the centre of the keratoscope, the observer watches the ..."

2. A Text book of ophthalmology by John Westley Wright (1896)
"keratoscope (ker'a-toh-skope). An instrument for examining the cornea; especially, one for determining ... Examination of the cornea with a keratoscope. ..."

3. Anomalies of refraction and of the muscles of the eye by Flavel Benjamin Tiffany (1894)
"The keratoscope (Fig. 120) consists of concentric rings on a disc with an opening through the center. This instrument was the foreshadowing of the Javal and ..."

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