metroscope

[ me-truh-skohp, mee- ]

/ ˈmɛ trəˌskoʊp, ˈmi- /

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noun Medicine/Medical.

an instrument for examining the cavity of the uterus.

Nearby words

metropolitanize, metrorrhagia, metrorrhea, metrosalpingitis, metrosalpingography, metroscope, metrosexual, metrostaxis, metrostenosis, metsys, metternich

Origin of metroscope

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; metro-² + -scope

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Examples from the Web for metroscope

It is the 'Metroscope,' 'an instrument for measuring inaccessible heights and distances, and for levelling.'
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Medicine definitions for metroscope

metroscope

[ mē′trə-skōp′ ]

n.

hysteroscope

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