speculum

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Then, a speculum is used to identify the cervix.

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

An exam confirmed that she needed two wolf teeth extracted and the sharp edges of some molars ground down, procedures that required propping her jaws open with a speculum.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 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

Color—Male—Head and neck, black, showing a green luster in the sun; back, gray, finely lined with black; under parts, white; speculum, white.

From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Payne, Harry Thom