PROBE
\pɹˈə͡ʊb], \pɹˈəʊb], \p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_b]\
Definitions of PROBE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"
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an investigation conducted using a probe instrument
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an exploratory action or expedition
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a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities
By Princeton University
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examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"
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an investigation conducted using a probe instrument
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an exploratory action or expedition
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a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.
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An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A slender rod of silver or other flexible metal, with blunt bulbous tip, used for exploring sinuses, fistulas, or other cavities, or wounds.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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An instrument for proving or examining a wound, etc.: that which tries or probes.
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To examine with or as with a probe: to examine thoroughly.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A surgeon's instrument for examining a wound, &c.
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To examine a wound, ulcer, or some cavity of the body by the use of an instrument; to scrutinize; to examine thoroughly.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In surg., a small slender rod for examining a wound, ulcer, or cavity; that which searches or examines.
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To search or examine, as with a probe; to search into or examine thoroughly; to scrutinise.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Catheterize, Specillum-p. Eyed, see Specillum.
By Robley Dunglison
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A long slender instrument for exploring wounds.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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