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单词 autoscope
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autoscopen.

Brit. /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)skəʊp/, U.S. /ˈɔdəˌskoʊp/, /ˈɔdoʊˌskoʊp/, /ˈɑdəˌskoʊp/, /ˈɑdoʊˌskoʊp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto- comb. form1, -scope comb. form, autolaryngoscope n., auto-ophthalmoscope n.
Etymology: < auto- comb. form1 + -scope comb. form, in sense 1 perhaps partly as shortening of autolaryngoscope n., and partly as shortening of auto-ophthalmoscope n. Compare French autoscope (1862 or earlier denoting an autolaryngoscope, 1880 or earlier denoting an auto-ophthalmoscope), German Autoskop (1863 or earlier denoting an auto-ophthalmoscope, 1890 or earlier denoting an autolaryngoscope). Compare earlier autoscopy n.
1. An auto-ophthalmoscope or autolaryngoscope; (also) a laryngoscope through which the larynx can be seen directly (as opposed to by a mirror) (now historical). Also: any of various types of optical instrument with automatic features.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > [noun]
eye1858
autoscope1873
optics1942
the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [noun] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye > instruments used in
optometer1738
opsiometer1842
ophthalmoscope1856
auto-ophthalmoscope1863
ophthalmometer1864
phacoidoscope1864
strabismometer1869
autoscope1873
strabometer1874
perimeter1875
leucoscope1883
retinoscope1883
phacoscope1886
phorometer1888
campimeter1889
prisoptometer1890
scotometer1890
skiascope1892
transilluminator1906
slit lamp1922
anomaloscope1923
gonioscope1925
synoptophore1934
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > by physical means > of specific parts or using specific instruments > specific examining instruments
speculum1598
diopter1706
otoscope1853
stomatoscope1853
laparoscope1855
cardioscope1856
sphygmoscope1856
stereoscope1857
laryngoscope1860
pharyngoscope1861
rhinoscope1861
autolaryngoscope1863
vaginoscope1863
oesophagoscope1868
photophore1871
rectoscope1871
endoscope1872
autoscope1873
glottiscope1876
polyscope1878
duck-bill speculum1879
tracer1882
diaphanoscope1883
gastroscope1888
cystoscope1889
kinetoskotoscope1896
photoscope1896
proctoscope1896
bronchoscope1899
sigmoidoscope1900
arthroscope1925
peritoneoscope1939
toposcope1951
fibrescope1954
mediastinoscope1966
fetoscope1968
angioscope1980
1873 New Eng. Med. Gaz. Dec. 572 Prof. F. G. Sanborn, of Boston, exhibited a form of microscope, called an autoscope.
1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Autoscope, an instrument invented by Coccius for the self-examination of the eye.
1896 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Aug. 354/1 Kirstein's Autoscope, for use with the last-named [sc. Casper's Universal Electroscope], and consisting of a tongue depressor furnished with a bridge so that the patient's mouth can be closed over it, still leaving a free passage for the operator to examine or to introduce cauteries or other instruments.
1910 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Nov. 1614/2 The location of the anterior commissure can sometimes be so difficult that Brünings has invented a special instrument, which he calls ‘counter pressure autoscope’.
2003 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100 6470/1 Cells were..imaged by using an automated fluorescence microscope (autoscope..).
2008 Measurem. Sci. & Technol. (Electronic ed.) 19 The autoscope is based on measuring the difference in the vehicle detection time in two local regions located at a predetermined distance along the traffic movement.
2. An object or device used as an indicator of psychic or parapsychological processes or phenomena. Now historical and rare.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > study of > instrument for measuring
autoscope1897
1897 W. F. Barrett in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 13 10 As the divining rod is only one of many instrumental means, whereby imperceptible, involuntary, and unconscious muscular movements are revealed by the visible motion of an external object, it is desirable to group these various appliances under a generic name. I would suggest for this purpose the term Autoscope.
1914 Proc. Amer. Soc. Psychical Res. 8 382 Instead of a pencil or planchette another autoscope, the ouija board, was tried.
1920 L. Spence Encycl. Occultism 129/1 A dim, obscure impression..able to start the nervous reflex action which caused the muscles to twitch and the rod or other ‘autoscope’ to move.
2002 A. Saddlemyer Becoming George vi. 116 Later she told John Montague that they eschewed any mechanical means, such as ouija board, planchette, crystal, or the many other devices or ‘autoscopes’, as William Barrett called them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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