Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ophthalmoscope \Oph*thal"mo*scope\, n. [From Gr. 'ofqalmo`s the
eye + -scope.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye,
particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a
mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined
with or without the aid of a lens. -- Oph*thal`mo*scop"ic,
a.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ophthalmoscope
n 1: medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye