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Medical Term:

keratoscopy

Pronunciation: ker′ă-tos′kŏ-pē

Definition:

  1. Examination of the reflections from the anterior surface of the cornea to determine the character and amount of corneal astigmatism.
  2. A term first applied by Cuignet to his method of retinoscopy.

[kerato- + G. skopeō, to examine]

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