ophthalmometry

ophthalmometry
oph·thal·mom·e·try -'mäm-ə-trē n, pl -tries the measuring of the corneal curvatures of the eye and of their deviations from normal (as in astigmatism) usu. by means of an ophthalmometer

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oph·thal·mom·e·try (of″thəl-momґə-tre) keratometry.

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