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Pronunciation / Transliteration: oftalmoscopio
"L'oculista ha usato l'oftalmoscopio per controllare la retina."
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An instrument with a light and mirror system used for examining the interior structures of the eye, especially the retina.
"The optometrist used an ophthalmoscope to examine the back of the patient's eye."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Modern Latin ophthalmoscopium, combining the Greek ophthalmos meaning 'eye' and skopein meaning 'to look at' or 'to examine'. It entered medical nomenclature in the mid-19th century following the invention of the instrument by Hermann von Helmholtz in 1850.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ophthalmoscope" is said worldwide
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ophtalmoscope
Transliteration: ophtalmoscope
"Le médecin a examiné la rétine avec un ophtalmoscope."
Ophthalmoskop
Transliteration: Ophthalmoskop
"Der Augenarzt benutzte ein Ophthalmoskop zur Untersuchung."
oftalmoscopio
Transliteration: oftalmoscopio
"L'oculista ha usato l'oftalmoscopio per controllare la retina."
oftalmoscopio
Transliteration: oftalmoscopio
"El doctor examinó el ojo del paciente usando un oftalmoscopio."
oftalmoscópio
Transliteration: oftalmoscópio
"O oftalmologista usou o oftalmoscópio para ver o fundo do olho."
ऑप्थलमस्कोप
Transliteration: ophthalmascope
"डॉक्टर ने ऑप्थलमस्कोप से आँख की जाँच की।"
检眼镜
Transliteration: jiǎnyǎnjīng
"眼科医生用检眼镜检查患者的视网膜。"
검안경
Transliteration: geom-angyeong
"의사는 검안경을 사용하여 망막을 관찰했습니다."
検眼鏡
Transliteration: kengankyō
"眼科医は検眼鏡を使って網膜を検査した。"
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