A probe. Also figurative. Obsolete.

Surgery. Any of numerous instruments used for exploring wounds, sinus tracts, ducts, and hollow organs, usually consisting of a slender rod with a…

Surgery. An instrument, typically a slender rod, used to examine wounds and parts of the body; a probe (probe, n. 3). Cf. searcher, n. 8a. Obsolete.

The name of a flexible probe used in medieval surgery.

Surgery. An instrument, typically a slender rod, used to examine wounds and parts of the body; a probe (probe, n. 3). Now somewhat rare.

As a modifier, designating an instrument or tool used to search out or investigate something. Formerly esp. with reference to a surgical probe or…

A surgical probe.

A surgical instrument for exploring a wound; a surgical probe.

An instrument, vessel, etc., used in testing or examining something. A surgical probe. Obsolete. rare.

Surgery. A blunt-pointed probe.

An instrument used in seeking or searching. A kind of slender probe or tracer used in dissections. Cf. searcher, n. 8a.

As a modifier, designating an instrument or tool used to search out or investigate something. Formerly esp. with reference to a surgical probe or…

Surgery. A slender probe. Also, a wire run through a catheter or canula in order to stiffen it or to clear it.

A surgical instrument: ? = stylet, n. Obsolete. rare.

a probe used to examine the chest cavity.

Surgery. An instrument for probing parts of the body, usually long and slender and having a slightly enlarged end.

A surgical sound.

A thing used in tracing; spec.. Anatomy. A slender probe used in tracing the course of a nerve or vessel.