Speculum (medical)
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A speculum (Latin for "mirror") (plural specula or speculums) is a medical tool for investigating body cavities, with a form dependent on the body cavity for which it is designed. In old texts, the speculum may also be referred to as a diopter or dioptra.
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See also
- Endoscope
- Luce Irigaray, writer of Speculum of the Other Woman (1974)
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