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SLIT LAMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slit lamp" is a kind of...):
electric lamp (a lamp powered by electricity)
Domain category:
ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)
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