What is an instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations called?
speculum — (Surg.) An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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