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s with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone.

Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image.

An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf. [R.]

to light by means of some other form of radiant energy, as the Röntgen rays. -- Ra`di*o*scop"ic (#), *scop"ic*al (#), a.

To copy again.

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

Copulating backward, or from behind.

Copulation from behind. Sir T. Browne.

An instrument for detecting the presence or movement of currents, as of electricity.

A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.

Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.

The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.

Same as Gyroscope, 1.

A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.

Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.

Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.

A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.

The practice of eating flesh.

A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.

A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.