Taber's Medical Dictionary
cylinder
(sĭl′ĭn-dĕr)
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1. A hollow, tubular body.
2. In optometry, the power of a lens to correct for an astigmatic defect in vision.
SYN: SEE: optometric cylinder
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Cylinder." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762782/all/cylinder.
Cylinder. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762782/all/cylinder. Accessed June 7, 2023.
Cylinder. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762782/all/cylinder
Cylinder [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 June 07]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762782/all/cylinder.
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