- Iridology
- The practice of diagnosing disease by examining the iris of the eye. Although some diseases do affect the eye, iridology is not considered scientific medicine.
* * *A hypothetical non–evidence-based system of medicine based on an examination of the iris, using a chart on which certain areas of the iris are presumed diagnostically specific for particular organs, systems, and structures. [irido- + G. logos, study]
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ir·i·dol·o·gy .ī-rə-'däl-ə-jē n, pl -gies the study of the iris of the eye for indications of bodily health and disease* * *
iri·dol·o·gy (ir″ĭ-dolґə-je) [irido- + -logy] a diagnostic technique based on the premise that early pathologic changes elsewhere in the body are reflected in the iris before disease becomes clinically apparent; an analysis of a person's state of health may be made by visual examination of the iris, with the color, density, and position of deposited pigment helping to identify the pathologic process and the organ involved.
Medical dictionary. 2011.