synoptophoren.
/sɪˈnɒptəʊfɔː/ Ophthalmology.
An instrument for measuring the deviations of the visual axes of eyes not properly coordinated for binocular vision.
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synoptophore1934
1934 M. L. Hine May & Worth's Man. Dis. Eye (ed. 7) xxvii. 416 The synoptophore..is an elaborate development of Worth's original amblyoscope.
1955 P. D. Trevor-Roper Ophthalmol. xviii. 281 Various major amblyoscopes are marketed. The pattern that is perhaps the most generally serviceable is the ‘Moorfields Synoptophore’.
1975 Nature 17 Apr. 613/2 Binocular interaction was tested on the synoptophor.
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