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▪ I. metroscope1|ˈmiːtrəskəʊp|
[ad. F. métroscope, f. Gr. µήτρα womb: see -scope.]
a. An instrument for examining the uterus.
b. An instrument for listening to the sounds of the heart of the fœtus during gestation.
1855Dunglison Med. Lex., Metroscope, an instrument invented by M. Nauche, for listening to the sounds of the heart of the fœtus in utero-gestation, when the sounds..are imperceptible through the parietes of the abdomen.
Hence meˈtroscopy, examination of the womb (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1856).
▪ II. metroscope2|ˈmɛtrəskəʊp|
[f. Gr. µέτρο-ν measure + -scope.]
An instrument for determining dimensions.
Snellen's metroscope, an instrument for ophthalmostatometric research (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1890).
1845in C. Cist Cincinnati Misc. 270 A very ingenious instrument, called a Metroscope, which has been lately invented for the purpose of taking the measure of the human head so as to furnish an exact fit of hats. 1876Catal. Sci. App. S. Kens. 38 Metroscope. For the determination of dimensions of distant bodies. |