| 单词 | searching candle |
| 释义 | > as lemmassearching candle searching candle n. a probe or bougie, esp. one used to treat strictures of the urethra. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > suppositories, etc. > [noun] pessarya1400 suppositorya1400 supposta1500 suppositor1540 collyrie1600 nascal1640 searching candle1651 candle1684 gland1684 collyrium1748 1651 T. Brugis Vade Mecum 151 Then draw it out, and arm it as before, and put it in again, and ever alter your medicine upon the searching candle, as you see cause. 1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds i. viii. 66 The searching Candle or Probe. 1871 J. L. Milton Spermatorrhœa (ed. 8) iii. 77 Men treated strictures with the searching candle and oil of lilies! 2006 J. Kirkup Evol. Surg. Instruments xii. 169/1 The first surgical bougies were wax candles or tapers, often called searching candles, for investigating and treating urethral strictures. < as lemmas |
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