单词 | hysteroscope |
释义 | > as lemmashysteroscope hysteroscope n. Brit. /ˈhɪstərə(ʊ)skəʊp/ , U.S. /ˈhɪstərəˌskoʊp/ , /ˈhɪstəroʊˌskoʊp/ †(a) an instrument used to listen to fetal heart sounds or other sounds within the uterus (cf. metroscope n.2 1) (obsolete rare); (b) any of various instruments used for visual examination of the cervix or uterus by way of the vagina; (in later use) spec. an endoscope used to perform procedures within the uterus. [In sense (a) after French hystéroscope (1835 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1852 C. D. Meigs & W. B. Page tr. A. A. L. M. Velpeau Compl. Treat. Midwifery (ed. 4) iii. 159 Certain individuals, A. Baudelocque and Nauche, for example, have proposed an instrument called hysteroscope or metroscope [Fr. hystéroscope ou métroscope], so arranged as to be applied to the neck of the womb, through the vagina, for the purpose of hearing these sounds better. 1861 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Sept. 250/2 We have contrived here a sort of giant ophthalmoscope (which you may call metroscope or hysteroscope, if you please), by which light from a gas-lamp is reflected from a perforated mirror into the vagina, and the operator can see well through the central perforation. 1929 Lancet 2 Mar. 457/1 With one of the new hysteroscopes an operator may locate the opening of the tubes and, using an electric cautery or diathermy electrode, he can obliterate it. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 13 Oct. 88/2 (advt.) The Cancer Center offers advancements in gynecologic oncology such as minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment options using laparoscopes and hysteroscopes. < as lemmas |
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