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noun - medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light
An instrument for examining the interior of the ear, especially the eardrum, consisting essentially of a magnifying lens and a light.
noun - an instrument for examining the ear
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| An instrument for examining the interior of the ear, especially the eardrum, consisting essentially of a magnifying lens and a light. |
| an instrument designed for visual examination of the eardrum and the passage of the outer ear, typically having a light and a set of lenses. |
| medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) |
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An otoscope or auriscope is a medical device which is used to look into the ears. Health care providers use otoscopes to screen for illness during regular check-ups and also to investigate ear symptoms. An otoscope potentially gives a view of the ear canal and tympanic membrane or eardrum. Because the eardrum is the border separating the external ear canal from the middle ear, its characteristics can be indicative of various diseases of the middle ear space. The presence of cerumen (ear wax), shed skin, pus, canal skin edema, foreign body, and various ear diseases can obscure any view of the eardrum and thus severely compromise the value of otoscopy done with a common otoscope. * The most commonly used otoscopes consist of a handle and a head. The head contains a light source and a simple low-power magnifying lens, typically around 8 diopters (3.00x Mag). The distal (front) end of the otoscope has an attachment for disposable plastic ear specula. The examiner first straightens the e |