speculum

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

During a cervical cancer test, a doctor will use a speculum to open the vagina and insert a small brush or spatula to scrape cell samples from the cervix at the entrance to the uterus.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2023

They’ve noted that the type of speculum he claimed to invent had long been in use by others and that some of procedures he utilized were not really his, or were dangerous.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021

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