单词 | autoscope |
释义 | autoscopen. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1873 |
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