Speculum

Speculum

The term speculum may refer to:

* Speculum (medical), a medical tool used for examining body cavities.
* Speculum (band), a San Diego California grindcore/death metal band.
* Speculum metal, an alloy containing copper and tin used for making all-metal mirrors.
* Speculum feathers, the secondary feathers on the inner part of a duck's wing which are often brightly coloured.
* "Speculum" (journal), a journal of medieval studies published by the Medieval Academy of America.
* Deth Specula, one of the early bands to broadcast audio and video of a live music concert over the Internet
* "Ophrys speculum", a species of ground orchid.
* Specula (mollusc), a genus of gastropod mollusc.
* Speculum, a hand-held bronze mirror used by Etruscan women

ee also

* Speculum literature, a genre of medieval literature, has the titles of a number of books including the word "speculum"


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  • spéculum — [ spekylɔm ] n. m. VAR. speculum • XVe; lat. speculum « miroir » ♦ Méd. Instrument servant à explorer des cavités ou conduits de l organisme, muni d un dispositif permettant de les élargir en vue d en faciliter l examen. Spéculum vaginal, anal,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • speculum — spéculum [ spekylɔm ] n. m. VAR. speculum • XVe; lat. speculum « miroir » ♦ Méd. Instrument servant à explorer des cavités ou conduits de l organisme, muni d un dispositif permettant de les élargir en vue d en faciliter l examen. Spéculum vaginal …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Speculum — Spéculum Ancien modèle de spéculum Un spéculum est un outil médical généralement en métal ou à usage unique en plastique permettant d explorer une cavité corporelle par l écartement des parois. Sommaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • SPECULUM — primis mortalium aequor fuit undarum saxorumque laevor. Senec. Natur. Quaest. l. 1. c. 17. Rerum natura facultatem nobis dedit, nosmet ipsos videndi, fons cuique perlucidus, aut laeve saxum imaginem reddit. Unde Pastor ille Virgilianus, Ecl. 2. v …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Speculum — Spec u*lum, n.; pl. L. {Specula}, E. {Speculum}. [L., fr. specere to look, behold. See {Spy}.] 1. A mirror, or looking glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman arch[ae]ology. [1913 Webster] 2. A reflector of polished metal,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Speculum — Spec u*lum, n.; pl. L. {Specula}, E. {Speculum}. [L., fr. specere to look, behold. See {Spy}.] 1. A mirror, or looking glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman arch[ae]ology. [1913 Webster] 2. A reflector of polished metal,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Specŭlum [1] — Specŭlum (lat.), 1) Spiegel; 2) Instrument zur Erweiterung der Öffnung von Höhlen, in denen man etwas beobachten od. vornehmen will, so der Mundspiegel (s.d., Speculum oris), der Mutterspiegel (Speculum uteri), zur Erweiterung u. Beobachtung der… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • speculum — SPÉCULUM s.n. v. specul. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  SPÉCULUM s.n. v. specul. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • speculum — (n.) 1590s, from L. speculum, lit. mirror, from specere to look at, view (see SCOPE (Cf. scope) (1)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Specŭlum [2] — Specŭlum (a. Geogr.), Ort in der südlichen numidischen Wüste; j. Sbekka …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Specŭlum — (lat.), medizinisches Instrument, s. Spiegel, S. 731 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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