ophthalmometer

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Noun

ophthalmometer (plural ophthalmometers)

1. (physiology) An instrument for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.

   Synonym: keratometer

Related terms

• ophthalmometric
• ophthalmometry

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ophthalmometer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)