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WORTHS AMBLYOSCOPE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • The Eye
DEF

A hand-held [amblyoscope] consisting of angled tubes which can be swiveled to any degree of convergence or divergence.

OBS

amblyoscope: A hand-held reflecting stereoscope that presents to the two eyes two separate target images through two angled tubes. The angle between the two tubes can be adjusted horizontally and vertically; thus one can measure convergence or divergence ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Oeil
DEF

[Stéréoscope] constitué de deux tubes coudés à angle droit dont les axes forment un angle réglable, [qui] permet de présenter séparément à chacun des deux yeux une mire différente avec une convergence ou une divergence donnée.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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