- Placido disk
- Pla·ci·do disk (plahґse-do) [Antonio Placido da Costa, Portuguese ophthalmologist, 1848–1916] see under disk.
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Placido disk
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Plácido's disk — /plah si dohz /, Ophthalm. a device marked with concentric black rings, used to detect corneal irregularities. [after A. Plácido da Costa (1848 1916), Portuguese ophthalmologist, who devised it] … Useful english dictionary
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