Amsler grid
- noun
- Specialized
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cuadrícula de Amsler
- To check for signs of macular degeneration, many doctors recommend testing with an Amsler grid regularly.
- Amsler grid test
Examples
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The doctor gave me an Amsler grid to help monitor my vision at home.
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The doctor asked me to use an Amsler grid daily.
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Many optometrists recommend keeping an Amsler grid on your refrigerator for daily self-checks.
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Using the Amsler grid, patients can detect any new distortions or blank spots in their eyesight.
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Have you seen an Amsler grid before?
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Ophthalmologists often instruct their patients to use the Amsler grid at home to monitor changes in their vision.
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She used an Amsler grid to assess her vision and look for any distortions in her eyesight.
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Amsler + grid
‘Amsler’ is an eponymic surname with no lexical meaning and therefore gives no clue to function; while 'grid' signals a pattern of lines, it does not indicate medical use or vision monitoring. The specific clinical meaning (a tool for monitoring macular degeneration) cannot be derived from the constituent words by a B1 learner, so the expression is not compositional.
Etymology
Amsler grid is named after the eye doctor Amsler and is a simple grid of straight lines that patients look at. If the lines look wavy or some squares seem blank, that means a change in the center of vision, so the Amsler grid is used to check and watch for vision problems at home.