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phoropter

phoropter noun: an instrument used in eye examinations to determine an individual's prescription, the patient looking through various lenses at a chart on the other side.

Noun

phoropter (plural phoropters)

  1. An instrument used in eye examinations to determine an individual's prescription, the patient looking through various lenses at a chart on the other side.
    • Testing includes using a pen or finger to test for the “near point of convergence,” as well as a phoropter, which uses lenses and prisms to test the eyes’ ability to work together.2007 September 11, Laura Novak, “Not Autistic or Hyperactive. Just Seeing Double at Times”, in New York Times

Forms of phoropter

pluralphoropters

Origin of phoropter

From a trademark.

Questions about phoropter

What does phoropter mean?
Phoropter means an instrument used in eye examinations to determine an individual's prescription, the patient looking through various lenses at a chart on the other side.
What part of speech is phoropter?
Phoropter is a noun.
What is the plural of phoropter?
The plural of phoropter is phoropters.

Words near phoropter in the dictionary

  1. phoronomy
  2. phoront
  3. phoronts
  4. phorophyte
  5. phorophytes
  6. phoropter
  7. phoropters
  8. phororachus
  9. phorozooid
  10. phorozooids
  11. phorusrhacid

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