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POLARISCOPE

\pˈə͡ʊlɑːɹˌɪskə͡ʊp], \pˈə‍ʊlɑːɹˌɪskə‍ʊp], \p_ˈəʊ_l_ɑː_ɹ_ˌɪ_s_k_əʊ_p]\

Definitions of POLARISCOPE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Instrument for the study of polarization.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An instrument used for investigating the phenomena of polarization and the changes produced in these phenomena by the interposition of certain substances in the path of the polarized ray. [Lat.,Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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