RETINOSCOPY

Etymology

Noun

retinoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural retinoscopies)

(medicine) Analysis of the refractive properties of the eye using a retinoscope; skiascopy.

Source: Wiktionary


Ret`i*nos"co*py, n. Etym: [Retina + -scopy.] (Physiol.)

Definition: The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUFFOCATION

(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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