Schiøtz \ˈshyœts\ Hjalmar (1850–1927), Norwegian physician. With the French ophthalmologist Louis-Emile Javal (1839–1907), Schiøtz invented a tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure. They introduced their tonometer in an article published in 1881.
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Schiotz tonometer
noun \ˈshyœts-, ˈshyərts-\
Medical Definition of SCHIOTZ TONOMETER
: a tonometer used to measure intraocular pressure in millimeters of mercury
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