SPECILLUM
\spɛsˈɪləm], \spɛsˈɪləm], \s_p_ɛ_s_ˈɪ_l_ə_m]\
Definitions of SPECILLUM
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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A certain instrument for probing.
By William R. Warner
By Thomas Davidson
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Everriculum, Hypaleiptron, Sound -s. Auricularium, Apyromele- s. Cereum, Bougie-s. Excavatum, Stylus excavatus-s. Latum, Spatula-s. Minus, Melotis.
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A surgical instrument, employed for examining wounds, fistulas, and for passing setons, Ac. It is usually formed of silver; and is terminated, at one end, by an olive-shaped button. The eyed probe has an aperture at the other extremity.
By Robley Dunglison
By Alexander Duane
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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