scopo-, scop-, scept-, skept-, -scope-, -scopy, -scopia, -scopic, -scopist
(Greek > Latin: see, view, sight, look, look at, examine, behold, consider)
pharcidoscopia, pharkidoscopia
An obsession with looking for wrinkles; especially, on the face and neck.
Such wrinkles are undesirable because they represent aging and there are many who desire, and get, cosmetic surgery so they can appear more youthful.
pharyngorhinoscopy
Inspection of the rhinopharynx and posterior nares with a rhinoscopic mirror.
pharyngoscope
1. A medical instrument used for examining the pharynx or throat.
2. An endoscopic device for examining the lining of the pharynx or throat.
2. An endoscopic device for examining the lining of the pharynx or throat.
phonacoscope
An instrument for increasing the intensity of the percussion note or of the voice sounds, the examiner's ear or the stethoscope being placed on the opposite side of the chest.
phonacoscopy
Examination of the chest with a phonacoscope.
phoneidoscope, phoneidoscopic
1. An instrument for exhibiting the color-figures produced by the action of sound-vibrations upon a thin film, e.g. of soap-solution.
2. An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies with optical methods.
2. An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies with optical methods.
phonendoscope
A stethoscope for intensifying auscultatory sounds by means of a chest piece consisting of a shallow metal cup closed by a diaphragm; also, auscultoscope.
phonendoskiascope
A phonendoscope combined with a screen on which movements of the heart or lungs can be observed during auscultation.
phonoelectrocardioscope
An instrument for the simultaneous visualization of a phonocardiogram and an electrocardiogram.
phonoelectrocardioscopy
The simultaneous registration of a phonocardiogram as well as an electrocardiogram on an oscilloscope.
phonoelectroscope
A stethoscope that suppresses the low frequencies characteristic of normal heart function to emphasize the high frequencies.
phonophotoscope, phonophotoscopic
A device for showing the vibrations of sound; especially, of voice sounds photographically.
phonoscope
1. An instrument for recording ausculatory percussion; originally used for photographic recordings of heart sounds.
2. An instrument for observing or exhibiting motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, a device for testing the quality of musical strings.
3. An instrument for producing luminous figures with the vibrations of sounding bodies.
2. An instrument for observing or exhibiting motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, a device for testing the quality of musical strings.
3. An instrument for producing luminous figures with the vibrations of sounding bodies.
phonoscopy
The recording made by a phonoscope which includes a stethoscope and percussion to determine the borders of solid and hollow organs.
phonoselectoscope
A device for auscultation of the lungs that suppresses the normal lower-pitched sounds and enables higher-pitched, abnormal sounds to be heard more easily.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "appear, visible, visual, manifest, show, see, reveal, look": blep-; delo-; demonstra-; opt-; -orama; pare-; phanero-; phant-; pheno-; spec-; vela-, veal-; video-, visuo-.
