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speculum

[spek-yuh-luhm] / ˈspɛk yə ləm /


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Less than a quarter of people surveyed said they knew they could request a smaller speculum and only 12% said they knew they could ask for a double appointment.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025

Finally, the doctor trims the strings and removes the speculum.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

I was in the middle of examining a patient when I dropped my speculum.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022

In recent years, there have been petitions to rename the instrument commonly known as the Sims vaginal speculum, a tool used daily by obstetricians and gynecologists to observe the cervix.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Such a mirror is called a speculum, and is an alloy of tin, copper, and bismuth.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck