iriscope

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English

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Etymology

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From iris +‎ -scope.

Noun

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iriscope (plural iriscopes)

  1. A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.
  2. A device used in iridology to photograph the eye and send the image to a computer.
    • 2012, Thabang Molefi, Dollars to Soweto, page 77:
      My overseas savings came in handy because I could buy an iridology hand lens, which I needed for consultations as I could not afford an iriscope costing R40,000 at the time.
    • 2013, Ruth Barcan, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, page 73:
      It's funny, because people sort of—if they know you're an iridologist they say 'What do you see in my eyes?' And of course I'm never drawn into that, because eye-to-eye —just on a one-to-one—you can't really see very much, whereas under the iriscope...
    • 2023, Sarah Donoghue, Modern Iridology:
      Unlike the other types, even with an iriscope, it's very difficult to ascertain the fibre structure as the iris is deeply suffused with pigment.