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GONIOSCOPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An examination of the front part of the eye to check the angle where the iris meets the cornea; it is used to distinguish between open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma
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Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gonioscopy" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))