cerebroscopy

English

Etymology

From cerebro- +‎ -scopy.

Noun

cerebroscopy (uncountable)

1. (medicine, dated) examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease, especially by examining the interior of the eye, as with an ophthalmoscope
   • 1843, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal:

     the cerebroscopy of the mainmalia repels the system

References

• “cerebroscopy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.