anomaloscope

== English == === Etymology === From German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”) + ὁμᾰλός (homălós, “even, level”)) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, ultimately from *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈnɒmələʊskəʊp/, /-lə-/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈnɑməloʊskoʊp/, /-lə-/ Hyphenation: ano‧ma‧lo‧scope === Noun === anomaloscope (plural anomaloscopes) (ophthalmology) An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception. ==== Derived terms ==== anomaloscopic anomaloscopy ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === anomaloscope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia