perimetricaladj.
/ˌpɛrᵻˈmɛtrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈmɛtrək(ə)l/ Chiefly Ophthalmology.
= perimetric adj.2 rare before late 20th cent.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [adjective] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye
perimetrical1852
ophthalmoscopic1857
ophthalmoscopical1867
retinoscopic1883
skiascopic1890
perimetric1899
campimetrical1901
scotometric1913
pupillometric1952
refractive1953
1852 T. Kentish Treat. Box Instruments 126 The sides of a prism being parallelograms, it follows that the perimetrical surface will be equal to the product of the perimeter and the height.
1984 Documenta Ophthalmologica 58 85 The motor behaviour of both eyes during cyclofusion is evaluated by means of a perimetrical analysis of the blind spot.
1994 Building Design & Constr. (Nexis) Mar. s46 A central curve connecting front and back doors defines the single circulation corridor, which..organizes the placement of both perimetrical and skewed function areas.
Derivatives
periˈmetrically adv. (a) by means of a perimeter; (b) by means of perimetry.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [adverb] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye
ophthalmoscopically1879
retinoscopically1895
perimetrically1899
skiascopically1899
pupillographically1940
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 763 Studying perimetrically a case of homonymous hemianopsia.
1961 Ann. Math. 73 218 The curve C, defined perimetrically by the vector X1(s).
2002 Jrnl. Glaucoma 11 97 One hundred and sixty-one patients with perimetrically defined glaucomatous optic nerve damage..were recruited.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1852