Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument for examining the interior of the urethra.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument, somewhat resembling a catheter, through which, by means of a projected light, it is possible to see the mucous membrane lining the wall of the urethra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
instrument for examining the interior of theurethra
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By means of a sound the general topography of the urethra and bladder can be investigated; with the urethroscope the interior of the urethra can be illuminated and viewed directly; with the cystoscope the interior of the bladder is in a similar manner illuminated for visual examination.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 10. Surface Markings of the Perineum 1918
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