biomicroscope

biomicroscope

 [bi″o-mi´kro-skōp]
a microscope for examining living tissue in the body.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

slit·lamp

(slit'lamp),
In ophthalmology, an instrument consisting of a microscope combined with a rectangular light source that can be narrowed into a slit.
Synonym(s): biomicroscope, Gullstrand slitlamp
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slit·lamp

, slit lamp (slit'lamp)
ophthalmology An instrument consisting of a microscope combined with a rectangular light source that can be narrowed into a slit for examination of the eye.
Synonym(s): biomicroscope, Gullstrand slitlamp.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

biomicroscope 

1. An instrument designed for detailed examination of ocular tissues containing a magnifying system and usually used in conjunction with a slit-lamp. Biomicroscopy can be used to examine both the anterior segment using various illumination techniques and the posterior segment of the eye.
2. Term commonly used to describe a slit-lamp (although this is not strictly correct).
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
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