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speculum

Medical instrument to aid examination of an opening into the body; for example, the nose or vagina. The speculum allows the opening to be widened, permitting the passage of instruments. Many specula also have built-in lights to illuminate the examined cavity.

The earliest recorded vaginal speculum was used by Greek physician Archigenes in the 2nd century AD.

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