单词 | searching instrument |
释义 | > as lemmassearching instrument a. As a modifier, designating an instrument or tool used to search out or investigate something. Formerly esp. with reference to a surgical probe or speculum, as in searching instrument, searching iron. Now usually in the context of computational searching of databases, websites, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > probe or sound tenta1400 probe?a1425 search?a1425 sequere mea1425 searcher?c1425 searching iron1477 prove?1541 privet1598 proof1611 style1631 seeker1658 searching instrument1663 stylet1697 stiletto1699 breast-probe1739 sound1797 sounder1875 tracer1882 1477–8 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 40 Item pro quodam ferrum vocatum a serchyng Iron. 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xlvij Now if the sicke resiste the raser the sherchinge yeron and so forth, doeth he not resiste his awne helth and is cause of his awne deeth. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 6/4 Your finger is the best searchinge iron. 1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Art Chirurg.: 5th Bk. Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. x. 2564/1 Whether or no there be one, or more of these Sinus's, this is altogether to be discovered by the Probe or searching Instrument. 1895 Trans. 1st Pan-Amer. Med. Congr. ii. 1883 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (53rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 36) III Finely pointed searching instruments and magnifying glasses are essential for this purpose, and waxed floss silk passed between the teeth will also aid in disclosing defects. 1896 Amer. Medico-surgical Bull. 15 Feb. 241/1 The malleable-handle curettes are very valuable when used as diagnostic or searching probes. 1957 Science 25 Oct. 817/3 The machine system need not serve as the searching device. 2019 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Mar. (Health section) 10 Parents and teachers can learn how to use the many searching tools available on Google. < as lemmas |
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