"phoropter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: phoropters [plural]
Etymology: From a trademark. Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: phoropter Translations (instrument used in eye examinations to determine an individual's prescription): foroptero [masculine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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