speculum

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There are adjustments clinicians can make to alleviate pain during pap smears, such as applying lube to the speculum, using a smaller one, or even allowing patients to insert the device themselves.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

Bianca says she asked the nurse to use a smaller speculum after reading about it online.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025

An exam confirmed that she needed two wolf teeth extracted and the sharp edges of some molars ground down, procedures that required propping her jaws open with a speculum.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

I was in the middle of examining a patient when I dropped my speculum.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022

Upward in size of his mirrors he advanced, till he had a speculum of two feet diameter with a tube 20 feet long.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck