Search for crossword answers and clues
A medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
Answer for the clue "A medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior ", 8 letters:
speculum
Alternative clues for the word speculum
Word definitions for speculum in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Speculum \Spec"u*lum\, n.; pl. L. Specula , E. Speculum . [L., fr. specere to look, behold. See Spy .] A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman arch[ae]ology. A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior [also: specula (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, in surgery and medicine, "instrument for rendering a part accessible to observation," from Latin speculum "reflector, looking-glass, mirror" (also "a copy, an imitation"), from specere "to look at, view" (see scope (n.1)). As a type of telescope ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The term speculum , Latin for " mirror ", and its plural specula , may refer to: Specula (watchtower) , a Roman watchtower Speculum (medical) , a medical tool used for examining body cavities Speculum (journal) , a journal of medieval studies published ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine English) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice. 2 A mirror, especially one used in a telescope. 3 (context zoology English) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other ...
Usage examples of speculum.
Removal of the hair-pin was effected by first inserting within the meatus a Gruber speculum, encircling the unbroken projecting prong, and then raising the end of the broken one with a long-shanked aural hook, when the hair-pin was readily withdrawn.
It is also said that the walls of these places are specula, whose reflective power creates the appearance of vast space.
You seemed to have no wish to hear it, and I wanted to listen to it againbesides, it concerns the specula of Father Inire, and may contain hints useful to us.
He poured their tea too, and handed her a plate with specula as the special biscuits eaten around Christmas time.
In the secundum Cubilatere, id est das Cosmigra-phicum Speculum, in primo loco occurs a Horoscopium with which given the hour of Melita present, what hour it is in the rest of our globe can be found.
In other words, if it were not for him I might never have had time and opportunity to explore such things as the delightful and instructive habits of Ophrys speculum and Cryptostylis leptochila, whom I encountered in a botany seminar I would otherwise have been denied.
What should be blooming at that time in that very vicinity but the dainty orchid Ophrys speculum, with flowers that amazingly resemble the body of the female of the insect’s species.
I noticed that the factor's allegation about her was correct-virgo intacta, semilunar hymen, unfrayed, so I used my smallest speculum.
I noticed that the factor's allegation about her was correct-virgo intacta, semilunar hymen,infrayed, so I used my smallest speculum.