iriscope

English

Etymology

iris +‎ -scope

Noun

iriscope (plural iriscopes)

1. A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.
2. A device used in iridology to photograph the eye and send the image to a computer.
   • 2012, Thabang Molefi, Dollars to Soweto, page 77:

     My overseas savings came in handy because I could buy an iridology hand lens, which I needed for consultations as I could not afford an iriscope costing R40,000 at the time.

   • 2013, Ruth Barcan, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, page 73:

     It's funny, because people sort of—if they know you're an iridologist they say 'What do you see in my eyes?' And of course I'm never drawn into that, because eye-to-eye —just on a one-to-one—you can't really see very much, whereas under the iriscope...

   • 2023, Sarah Donoghue, Modern Iridology:

     Unlike the other types, even with an iriscope, it's very difficult to ascertain the fibre structure as the iris is deeply suffused with pigment.