keratoscope

1. 1.

   medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface

   Broadermedical instrument

Other forms of keratoscope

plural

keratoscopes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about keratoscope

What does keratoscope mean?

keratoscope means "medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface".

How many syllables are in keratoscope?

keratoscope has 4 syllables and divides as ke-ra-to-scope under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.