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Record 1 1992-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

Use of an applanation tonometer.

OBS

applanation tonometer: An instrument for determining intraocular tension by application of a small flat disk to the cornea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Troubles de la vision
CONT

La tonométrie par aplanation peut être considérée comme le moyen clinique le plus précis de mesure de la pression oculaire. (Relevé sous «tonomètre par aplanation» dans MEDEC, 1988, p. 796.)

Spanish

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