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autorefractometer

autorefractometer noun: a device that uses infrared light to measure the refractive status of the eye.

Noun

autorefractometer (plural autorefractometers)

  1. A device that uses infrared light to measure the refractive status of the eye.
    • The computerised, autorefractometer quickly gives information about the refractive error of the patient in terms of sphere, cylinder with axis and interpupillary distance.2003 -, Khurana, Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 69
    • The autorefractometer is now routinely used as the first approach.2007, Paolo Vinciguerra, Fabrizio I. Camesasca, Refractive Surface Ablation, →ISBN, page 48

Forms of autorefractometer

pluralautorefractometers

Origin of autorefractometer

From auto- + refraction + -meter.

Words formed from autorefractometer

Questions about autorefractometer

What does autorefractometer mean?
Autorefractometer means a device that uses infrared light to measure the refractive status of the eye.
What part of speech is autorefractometer?
Autorefractometer is a noun.
What is the plural of autorefractometer?
The plural of autorefractometer is autorefractometers.

Words near autorefractometer in the dictionary

  1. autoreflexively
  2. autoreflexivity
  3. autorefraction
  4. autorefractions
  5. autorefractive
  6. autorefractometer
  7. autorefractometers
  8. autorefractometric
  9. autorefractometry
  10. autorefractor
  11. autorefractors

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