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Definition of Otoscope
1. Noun. Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane).
Definition of Otoscope
1. n. An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
Definition of Otoscope
1. Noun. (medicine) An instrument used for examining the eardrum and interior of the outer ear. ¹
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Definition of Otoscope
1. an instrument for examining the ear [n -S]
Medical Definition of Otoscope
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Otoscope
Literary usage of Otoscope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"... some form of speculum or otoscope will be necessary. If a simple speculum be
used, such as those which are shown in Fig. 190 (one attached to an In ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"In order to demonstrate this function of the Eustachian tube, and also to diagnose
its condition in disease, I suggested tho use of an otoscope, ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Surgery by John Ashhurst (1871)
"Application of (In- otoscope. an instrument consisting of a flexible tube, one
end of which is adapted to the patient's and the other to the surgeon's ear. ..."
4. Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear: Including the Anatomy of the Organ by Anton Friedrich Tröltsch, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1869)
"He called this tube, the otoscope. The name is a very good one, ... otoscope or
diagnostic tube. (It may be suggested that the name otoscope is better ..."
5. Lectures on aural catarrh: Or, the Commonest Forms of Deafness and Their Cure by Peter Allen (1872)
"This (differing from the otoscope described in a former lecture), ... otoscope,
OK DIAGNOSTIC TUBE. end is inserted firmly into the patient's ear, ..."
6. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the ear: Including the Anatomy of by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1881)
"... proposes the use of a microscopic object-glass set at an angle of 70' in a
spectacle frame, as a simple and efficient binocular otoscope. ..."
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