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• n  medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye

• If a doctor examines the interior of his patient's eye with an ophthalmoscope during an attack, he can occasionally see a spasm of the tiny blood vessels of the retina.
• His pastime is to visit zoos with an ophthalmoscope with which he peers into the eyes of fish, birds, snakes and beasts.

News & Articles

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• KSU Veterinary Health Center sees 17,000 animals a year
  MANHATTAN --- The lights in the room are lowered as Jessica Slack, veterinarian and assistant professor of ophthalmology, uses an ophthalmoscope to examine the eyes of Mabel, an 8-year-old beagle lightly restrained by fourth-year veterinary student Taylor Smith. Mabel, owned by Wichita resident Julie Linneman, is undergoing a follow-up examination for recent cataract surgery.
  July 20, 2013 - The Topeka Capital-Journal