speculum

Senso (Inglese)

1. A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
2. A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
3. A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
4. A lookout place.

Concetti

specchio

🪞

specolo

sinonimi

mirror

🪞

glass

looking-glass

reflector

speculum metal

metal mirror

endoscope

mouth-gag

gag

lens

fiberscope

Traduzioni

espéculo

spéculum

Spekulum

διαστολέας

espèculum

κάτοπτρο

espècul

spiegel

🪞

teleskop aynası

Spiegel

🪞

Teleskopspiegel

μητροσκόπιο

ενδοσκόπιο

ανακλαστήρας

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈspɛk.jʊ.ləm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Learned borrowing from Latin speculum.