† metroscopen.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form², -scope comb. form.

Etymology: < metro- comb. form² + -scope comb. form.: N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·trŏskō^up) /ˈmɛtrəskəʊp/.

Obsolete.

Any of various measuring instruments (see quots.).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for determining or verifying dimensions

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1845 in 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.

1876 Catal. Special Loan Coll. Sci. Apparatus S. Kensington Mus. 38 Metroscope. For the determination of dimensions of distant bodies.

1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metroscope, an instrument for the observation of measurement. M., Snellen's, an instrument for ophthalmostatometric research.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

† metroscopen.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form³, -scope comb. form.

Etymology: < metro- comb. form³ + -scope comb. form, in sense 1 after French métroscope (M. Nauche Des Maladies propres aux Femmes (1829) 752, after stéthoscope stethoscope n.). With sense 2, compare earlier metroscopy n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mī·trŏskō^up) /ˈmiːtrəskəʊp/.

Medicine. Obsolete. rare.

1. An instrument used to listen to fetal heart sounds.

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1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 542/2 Metroscope, an instrument, invented by M. Nauche, for listening to the sounds of the heart of the fœtus in utero-gestation... The extremity of the instrument—the first notion of which was given to M. Nauche by the stethoscope of Laënnec—is introduced into the vagina and applied against the neck of the uterus.

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.

2. An instrument used to examine the uterus, especially by visual inspection. Cf. metroscopy n. rare.

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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Metroscopium, term for an instrument by means of which the uterus or womb may be examined: a metroscope.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	metroscope
释义	† metroscopen.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form², -scope comb. form. Etymology: < metro- comb. form² + -scope comb. form.: N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·trŏskō^up) /ˈmɛtrəskəʊp/. Obsolete. Any of various measuring instruments (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for determining or verifying dimensions gauge1678 sizer1678 metroscope1845 1845 in 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. 1876 Catal. Special Loan Coll. Sci. Apparatus S. Kensington Mus. 38 Metroscope. For the determination of dimensions of distant bodies. 1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metroscope, an instrument for the observation of measurement. M., Snellen's, an instrument for ophthalmostatometric research. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † metroscopen.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metro- comb. form³, -scope comb. form. Etymology: < metro- comb. form³ + -scope comb. form, in sense 1 after French métroscope (M. Nauche Des Maladies propres aux Femmes (1829) 752, after stéthoscope stethoscope n.). With sense 2, compare earlier metroscopy n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mī·trŏskō^up) /ˈmiːtrəskəʊp/. Medicine. Obsolete. rare. 1. An instrument used to listen to fetal heart sounds. ΚΠ 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 542/2 Metroscope, an instrument, invented by M. Nauche, for listening to the sounds of the heart of the fœtus in utero-gestation... The extremity of the instrument—the first notion of which was given to M. Nauche by the stethoscope of Laënnec—is introduced into the vagina and applied against the neck of the uterus. 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. 2. An instrument used to examine the uterus, especially by visual inspection. Cf. metroscopy n. rare. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Metroscopium, term for an instrument by means of which the uterus or womb may be examined: a metroscope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1845n.²1848
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