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  • n  a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
  • n  a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior

  • A speculum is introduced into the nostril and under direct vision the spray tip is inserted upward along the septum until definitely past the middle turbinate.
  • But for this at least, civilized man's ingenuity had a remedya caliperlike instrument called a speculum oris (i.
News & Articles

  • Boca Raton - Based ClearSpec Medical Receives Florida Institute Funding
    The Institute for Commercialization of Public Research announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with ClearSpec Medical, a startup company based on technology licensed from the University of South Florida, that is developing advanced speculum solutions that enable improved cervical examinations and improve patient outcomes.
    July 11, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
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  • Benny Gantz in Ynetnews
    IDF deputy chief of staff, Major-General Benny Gantz, said Sunday that the Goldstone report on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza was "a Trojan horse taking advantage of a legal speculum that will eventually harm us".

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