Maddox, Ernest Edmund (1860–1933), British ophthalmologist. Maddox did research on refraction, ocular muscles, and the relation between accommodation and convergence. In 1898 he devised an instrument, consisting of parallel cylindrical glass rods (now called Maddox rods), for testing and measuring the degree of heterophoria.
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Maddox rod
noun Mad·dox rod \ˈmad-əks-ˌräd\
Medical Definition of MADDOX ROD
: a transparent cylindrical glass rod or one of a series of such rods placed one above another for use in testing the eyes for heterophoria
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