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noun
A kind of endoscope used in culdoscopy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: endoscope
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der. Proto-Italic *kūlos Latin cūlus Old French cul Middle French cul French cul Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Middle French de French de Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)bor. Latin saccus Old French sac French sac French cul-de-sacbor. English cul-de-sac English Douglas English culdo- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English culdoscope From culdo- + -scope.
