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ophthalmostat

ophthalmostat noun: a device that holds the eye steady during an operation.

Noun

ophthalmostat (plural ophthalmostats)

  1. A device that holds the eye steady during an operation

Forms of ophthalmostat

pluralophthalmostats

Origin of ophthalmostat

From ophthalmo- + -stat.

Questions about ophthalmostat

What does ophthalmostat mean?
Ophthalmostat means a device that holds the eye steady during an operation.
What part of speech is ophthalmostat?
Ophthalmostat is a noun.
What is the plural of ophthalmostat?
The plural of ophthalmostat is ophthalmostats.

Words near ophthalmostat in the dictionary

  1. ophthalmoscopist
  2. ophthalmoscopists
  3. ophthalmoscopy
  4. ophthalmosonometry
  5. ophthalmospasm
  6. ophthalmostat
  7. ophthalmostats
  8. ophthalmotemporal
  9. ophthalmotherapy
  10. ophthalmotomies
  11. ophthalmotomy

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