Schiötz Ophthalm.
(ʃjɜːts)
Also Schi{obar}tz.
The name of Hjalmar Schi{obar}tz (1850–1927), Norwegian physician, used attrib. and in the possessive to designate a type of tonometer he devised for measuring the tension of the sclera, and to denote readings made with such a tonometer.
| 1913 Török & Grout Surg. of Eye vi. 173 More accurate information can be had by the use of a Schiötz tonometer. 1917 A. Duane Fuchs's Text-bk. Ophthalm. (ed. 5) ii. i. 83 In Schiötz's tonometer a collar..bears at its lower end a concave plate..which is fitted to the curvature of the cornea. 1918 [see hypotonic a. 1 b]. 1964 [see lachrymate v.]. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. of Eye (ed. 14) x. 113 The type of tonometer should always be cited and the reading expressed in this form—20 mm. Hg (Schiötz). |