- Schiшtz tonometer
- an instrument that registers intraocular pressure by direct application to the cornea, the reading on the scale being translated into millimeters of mercury by means of a conversion table.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Schiшtz tonometer
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Schiшtz tonometer — Schi·Ñˆtz tonometer (she etsґ) [Hjalmar Schiшtz, Norwegian physician, 1850–1927] see under tonometer … Medical dictionary
impression tonometer — indentation tonometer an instrument that measures intraocular pressure by direct pressure on the eyeball, such as the Schiшtz, McLean, or MacKay Marg electronic tonometer … Medical dictionary
