| Bailliart's ophthalmodynamometer | An instrument used to measure the blood pressure of the central retinal artery; of value in diagnosing occlusion of the proximal carotid artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bailliart, Paul | <person> French ophthalmologist, 1877-1969. See: Bailliart's ophthalmodynamometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suction ophthalmodynamometer | An ophthalmodynamometer with a suction disk which increases ocular pressure during ophthalmoscopic observation of the retinal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ophthalmodynamometer | An instrument to measure the blood pressure in the retinal vessels. Origin: ophthalmo-+ G. Dynamis, power, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |