2. Verb. (third-person singular of probe) ¹
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Definition of Probes
1. probe [v] - See also: probe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Probes
Literary usage of Probes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of the eye by Henry Willard Williams (1886)
"The probes of Auel were too small to establish a sufficient passage, and endeavors
were made for a long period and by many operators to maintain ..."
2. The Diagnosis and Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye by Henry Willard Williams (1881)
"The probes of Anel were too small to establish a sufficient passage, and
endeavors .were made for a long period and by many operators to maintain ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1870)
"He thinks that Bowman's probes, if not bent so as precisely to correspond with
... Ho has found in practice that his flexible probes adapt themselves to the ..."
4. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1897)
"Urethra laid open with probes distending the glands (posterior wall divided).
... The tubules, having been distended by probes passed into them, ..."
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