metroscope

[me-truh-skohp, mee-]

noun Medicine/Medical.

an instrument for examining the cavity of the uterus.

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Origin of metroscope

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

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Historical Examples

It is the 'Metroscope,' 'an instrument for measuring inaccessible heights and distances, and for levelling.'
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art
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metroscope in Medicine

metroscope

(mē′trə-skōp′)

n.

hysteroscope

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