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iridology

noun

🔊/ˌaɪrɪˈdɒlədʒi/, 🔊/ˌɪrɪˈdɒlədʒi/

🔊/ˌaɪrɪˈdɑːlədʒi/

[uncountable]

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a form of alternative medicine in which the iris (= the coloured part of the eye) is examined in order to find out what is wrong with somebodyTopics Medicinec2
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek iris, irid- ‘iris’ + -logy.