Schiötzn.

/ʃjəːts/

Forms: Also Schiøtz.

Etymology: < the name of Hjalmar Schiøtz (1850–1927), Norwegian physician.

Ophthalmology.

Used attributively and in the possessive to designate a type of tonometer Schiøtz devised for measuring the tension of the sclera, and to denote readings made with such a tonometer.

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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [adjective] > of the eye and its parts

Schiötz1913

pupillographic1940

1913 E. Török & G. H. Grout Surg. of Eye vi. 173 More accurate information can be had by the use of a Schiötz tonometer.

1917 A. Duane tr. E. Fuchs Text-bk. Ophthalmol. (ed. 5) ii. i. 83 In Schiötz's tonometer a collar..bears at its lower end a concave plate..which is fitted to the curvature of the cornea.

1918 R. H. Elliot Glaucoma ii. 19 The case of a hypotonic eye (with a Schiötz reading corresponding to a tension of 8 to 15 mm. of Hg.) such as may be met with after a trephining or other sclerectomy operation.

1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) x. 113 The type of tonometer should always be cited and the reading expressed in this form—20 mm. Hg (Schiötz).

1964 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 58 1056/1 Tension in lacrimating patients is more easily measured with the Schiøtz tonometer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	schiötz
释义	Schiötzn. /ʃjəːts/ Forms: Also Schiøtz. Etymology: < the name of Hjalmar Schiøtz (1850–1927), Norwegian physician. Ophthalmology. Used attributively and in the possessive to designate a type of tonometer Schiøtz devised for measuring the tension of the sclera, and to denote readings made with such a tonometer. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [adjective] > of the eye and its parts Schiötz1913 pupillographic1940 1913 E. Török & G. H. Grout Surg. of Eye vi. 173 More accurate information can be had by the use of a Schiötz tonometer. 1917 A. Duane tr. E. Fuchs Text-bk. Ophthalmol. (ed. 5) ii. i. 83 In Schiötz's tonometer a collar..bears at its lower end a concave plate..which is fitted to the curvature of the cornea. 1918 R. H. Elliot Glaucoma ii. 19 The case of a hypotonic eye (with a Schiötz reading corresponding to a tension of 8 to 15 mm. of Hg.) such as may be met with after a trephining or other sclerectomy operation. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) x. 113 The type of tonometer should always be cited and the reading expressed in this form—20 mm. Hg (Schiötz). 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 58 1056/1 Tension in lacrimating patients is more easily measured with the Schiøtz tonometer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1913
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