SLIT LAMP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("slit lamp" is a kind of...):

electric lamp (a lamp powered by electricity)

Domain category:

ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)

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