autorefractometer

plural autorefractometers

1. medicineA device that uses infrared light to measure the refractive status of the eye.

   The autorefractometer is now routinely used as the first approach.

   2007, Paolo Vinciguerra, Fabrizio I. Camesasca, Refractive Surface Ablation, →ISBN, page 48

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   The computerised, autorefractometer quickly gives information about the refractive error of the patient in terms of sphere, cylinder with axis and interpupillary distance.

   2003 -, Khurana, Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 69

   The advent of autorefractometer has changed the scenario of eye examination procedure. Today many practitioners have started relying more on autorefractometer for the simple reason of its speed and accuracy.

   2014, Ajay Kumar Bhootra, Clinical Refraction Guide, →ISBN, page 85