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bioscope
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n 1: a South African movie theater
2: a kind of early movie projector
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bronchoscope
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n 1: a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial
tubes
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chronoscope
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n 1: an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals
of time
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cope
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n 1: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn:
header, coping, cope]
2: a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial
occasions
v 1: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas";
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
grapple, deal, manage]
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dope
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n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
2: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy,
dope, boob, booby, pinhead]
3: carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope'
is a southernism in the United States) [syn: cola, dope]
4: slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight
dope?" [syn: dope, poop, the skinny, low-down]
v 1: take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
2: add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or
modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped"
3: give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach
before the race" [syn: dope, dope up]
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electroscope
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n 1: measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold
leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign
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endoscope
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n 1: a long slender medical instrument for examining the
interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
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epidiascope
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n 1: an optical projector that gives images of both transparent
and opaque objects
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fluoroscope
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n 1: an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a
fluorescent screen to enable direct observation [syn:
fluoroscope, roentgenoscope]
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gyroscope
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n 1: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted
spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any
direction [syn: gyroscope, gyro]
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microscope
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n 1: magnifier of the image of small objects; "the invention of
the microscope led to the discovery of the cell"
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periscope
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n 1: an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise
obstructed field
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spectroscope
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n 1: an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis [syn:
spectroscope, prism spectroscope]
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stereoscope
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n 1: an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs
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stethoscope
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n 1: a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated
inside the body
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stroboscope
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n 1: scientific instrument that provides a flashing light
synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can
make moving object appear stationary [syn: stroboscope,
strobe, strobe light]
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telescope
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n 1: a magnifier of images of distant objects [syn: telescope,
scope]
v 1: crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars
telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put
into the backpack"
2: make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a
short play"
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auriscope
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n 1: medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and
light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory
meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) [syn:
otoscope, auriscope, auroscope]
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gastroscope
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n 1: a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach
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otoscope
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n 1: medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and
light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory
meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) [syn:
otoscope, auriscope, auroscope]
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proctoscope
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n 1: an endoscope for examining the rectum
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rhinoscope
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n 1: medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an
angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal passages (through
the nasopharynx)
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laparoscope
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n 1: a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the
abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or
to perform minor surgery
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episcope
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riflescope
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cystoscope
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diascope
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seismoscope
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snooperscope
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statoscope
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