oculoplethysmography

oculoplethysmography
Indirect measurement of the hemodynamic significance of internal carotid artery stenosis or occlusion by demonstration of an ipsilateral delay in the arrival of ocular pressure transmitted from branches of the ophthalmic artery. [oculo- + G. plethymos, increase, + graphe, to write]

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n.
measurement of the pressure inside the eyeball. A rising or above-normal pressure is an important indication of the presence of glaucoma.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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