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A simple form of moving-picture machine in which the series of views, exhibiting the successive phases of a scene, are printed on paper and mounted around the periphery of a wheel. The rotation of the wheel brings them rapidly into sight, one after another, and the blended effect gives a semblance of motion.…

A person having myopy; a myops.

A form of kaleidoscope.

An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity.

A Nilometer.

Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.

A bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]

An animal having eight feet, as a spider.

Having eight petals or flower leaves.

Having few petals.

An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.

An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens. -- Oph*thal`mo*scop"ic, a.

Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital.

One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in children.

The art or practice of curing the deformities of children, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.

An instrument designed to show the condition of the superficial portions of the eye.

Same as Oryctere.

An instrument for showing visually the changes in a varying current; an oscillograph.

Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone. -- Os`te*o*cop"ic, a.

Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.