See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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)

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