NOUN | artifact | slit lamp | (ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve |
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Meaning | (ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve. | |
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Category | ophthalmology | The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases |
Broader | electric lamp | A lamp powered by electricity |
Catalan | llum de fenedura |
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