campimeter

campimeter
A device used to measure a persons field of vision

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  • Campimeter — The campimeter is an instrument for examining the visual field. Campimeters have been in clinical use since the mid nineteenth century. Initially, examination of the visual field was concerned only with the outer limits, or perimeter of the… …   Wikipedia

  • campimeter — campimetrical /kam peuh me tri keuhl/, adj. campimetry, n. /kam pim i teuhr/, n. Ophthalm. an instrument for determining the visual field. [1885 90; < L campi (comb. form of campus field) + METER] * * * …   Universalium

  • campimeter — A small tangent screen used to measure central visual field. [L. campus, field, + G. metron, measure] * * * cam·pim·e·ter kam pim ət ər n an instrument for testing indirect or peripheral visual perception of form and color cam·pim·e·try ə trē n …   Medical dictionary

  • campimeter — n. device which measures the field of vision (Ophthalmology) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • campimeter — cam·pim·e·ter …   English syllables

  • campimeter — kamˈpiməd.ə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary campi (from Latin campus field) + meter more at camp : an instrument for testing indirect …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bjerrum scotometer — campimeter …   Medical dictionary

  • stereocampimeter — An apparatus for studying the central visual fields while the fellow eye holds fixation. [stereo + L. campus, field, + G. metron, measure] * * * ste·reo·cam·pim·e·ter kam pim ət ər n a campimeter equipped for the simultaneous testing of both eyes …   Medical dictionary

  • stereocampimeter — |sterē(ˌ)ō, |stir + noun Etymology: stere + campimeter : a stereoscopic campimeter …   Useful english dictionary

  • Visual field — The term visual field is sometimes used as a synonym to field of view, though they do not designate the same thing. The visual field is the spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments …   Wikipedia

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