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discolith (medicine) and polyscope (medicine)


discolith (medicine)


discolith
<biology> One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about 1/50000 of an inch in its longest diameter.

Origin: Gr. A round plate.

Source: Websters Dictionary


polyscope (medicine)


polyscope


1. <instrument, optics> A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.

2. <medicine> An apparatus for affording a view of the different cavities of the body.

Origin: Gr. Farseeing; much, many + to view: cf. F. Polyscope.

Source: Websters Dictionary