(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:07:14

Pol"y*scope (?), n. [Gr. farseeing; much, many + to view: cf. F. polyscope.]

1. Opt.

A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.

Hutton.

2. Med.

An apparatus for affording a view of the different cavities of the body.

 

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