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phoropters

phoropters is the plural of phoropter.

Meaning of phoropter

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

Questions about phoropters

What is phoropters the plural of?
Phoropters is the plural of phoropter.

Words near phoropters in the dictionary

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

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