ophthalmoscopy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OPHTHALMOS'COPY, noun [Gr. the eye, and to view.] A branch of physiognomy which deduces the knowledge of a man's temper and manner from the appearance of the eyes.
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