culdoscope
culdoscope (kul-doh-skohp) n. a tubular instrument with lenses and a light source, used for direct observation of the uterus, ovaries, and Fallopian tubes (culdoscopy). The instrument is passed through the wall of the vagina behind to the neck of the uterus. The culdoscope has now been largely replaced by the laparoscope.
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