† tendiculen.
Surgery. Obsolete. rare.
Name of an instrument for dilating an opening; a dilator.
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tendiculec1425
speculum1598
dilatator1611
dilatatory1611
dilater1634
dilator1688
diopter1706
quadrivalve1852
duck-bill speculum1879
proctoscope1896
c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 24 Þan take þe tendicule and putte þe snowte of þe nedle in þe hole of þe fistule in puttyng it strongly.
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