metroscope

English

Etymology

From metro- +‎ -scope.

Noun

metroscope (plural metroscopes)

1. (medicine, historical) A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.
2. Any of various other measuring devices, such as for thickness.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “metroscope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)