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BRINKERHOFFS SPECULUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A rectal speculum consisting of a conical tube having a closed extremity, but provided with a sliding bar on the side which provides an opening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
OBS

Pluriel : des spéculums.

OBS

spéculum (sing.); spéculums (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

Spéculum rectal.

Key term(s)
  • speculum de Brinkerhoff

Spanish

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