ophthalmoscope (ofthalmoskop)

[ for viewing the interior of the eye, especially for examining the retina. In the simplest form of the in strument light is condensed into the eye by means of a concave mirror, through a small hole in the center of which the observer examines the eye. bBehind the body are attached a disk containing sixteen lenses and a quadrant containing four lenses, so arranged that any lens of the disk (either singly or in combination with any lens of the quadrant) can be brought into position behind the central hole in the mirror for determining the focus of vision. ophthalmoscope (of- thalmō-skop), v. i. [ n .] To view the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope. (of Loring's Ophthalmoscope. a, mirror; b, b, body; c, shank, into which the handle (not shown) is screwed. ophthalmoscopic thal-mo-skop'ik), a. [ ophthalmoscope + -ic .] Of or pertaining to the ophthalmoscope or its use; performed or obtained by means of the ophthalmoscope: as, ophthalmoscopic optome- try. ophthalmoscopical (of-thal-mo-skop'i-kal), a . [ ophthalmoscopic + -al.] Same as ophthal- ophthalmography (of-thal-mog'ra-fi), n . [ moscopic . Gr. ὀφθαλμός, eye, + -γραφία, -γραφία, γράφεϊν , write.] A ophthalmoscopic ally (of-thal-mō-skop'i- description of the eye. kal-i), adv. By means of the ophthalmoscope ophthalmoscopist (of-thal'mo-sko-pist), n. [