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Spectacles(medicine)
clerical spectacles(medicine)
protective spectacles(medicine)
stenopaic spectacles(medicine)
divers' spectacles(medicine)
divided spectacles(medicine)
photochromic spectacles(medicine)
pantoscopic spectacles(medicine)
orthoscopic spectacles(medicine)

ancile (medicine) and Spectacles (medicine)


ancile (medicine)


ancile


The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

Origin: L.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Spectacles (medicine)


spectacles
Lenses set in a frame that holds them in front of the eyes, used to correct errors of refraction or to protect the eyes. The parts of the spectacles are the lenses; the bridge between the lenses, resting on the nose; the rims or frames, encircling the lenses; the sides or temples that pass on either side of the head to the ears; the bows, the curved extremities of the temples; the shoulders, short bars attached to the rims or the lenses and jointed with the sides.

Synonym: eyeglasses, glasses.

Origin: L. Specto, pp. -atus, to watch, observe