Meanings
nounophthalmoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural ophthalmoscopies)
plural ophthalmoscopies
- countableuncountableExamination of the eye with an ophthalmoscope.
A complete lenticular cataract, be it hard or soft, becomes an object of ophthalmoscopy only in so far, as we can convince ourselves by the oblique illumination that there are no clear unopaque portions of the lens left.
1860 September 15, Max Kuechler, “The Present State of Ophthalmoscopy”, in The Medical and Surgical Reporter, volume 4, number 24, page 414 - countableuncountableThe design, construction and use of ophthalmoscopes.
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Translations
Catalan oftalmoscòpia
- oftalmoscòpiaexamination of the eye
Finnish oftalmoskopia, silmäntähystys
- oftalmoskopiaexamination of the eye
- silmäntähystysexamination of the eye
French ophtalmoscopie
- ophtalmoscopieexamination of the eye
German Ophthalmoskopie
- Ophthalmoskopieexamination of the eye
Italian oftalmoscopia
- oftalmoscopiaexamination of the eye
Romanian oftalmoscopie
- oftalmoscopieexamination of the eye
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ophthalmoscopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmoscopy
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“ophthalmoscopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmoscopy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ophthalmoscopy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmoscopy.
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