occluder Ophthalm.
(əˈkluːdə(r))
[f. occlude v. + -er1.]
Any device designed to occlude an eye.
| 1930 Brit. Jrnl. Ophthalm. XIV. 520 Many varieties of occluder..have been devised. 1949 S. Duke-Elder Text-bk. Ophthalm. IV. xlv. 3917 For older children who can be trusted not to peep round it, a simple occluder of metal..or rubber..may be attached to the spectacles... These should be replaced by strapping on a tie-on occluder during the night. 1974 Nature 11 Oct. 506/2 One eye was centred on a projection perimeter (the other eye was always covered with a plasticine occluder). |