culdoscope

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.?

Latin cūlus

Old French cul

Middle French cul

French cul

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Old French de

Middle French de

French de

Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)bor.

Latin saccus

Old French sac

French sac

French cul-de-sacbor.

English cul-de-sac

English Douglas

English culdo-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai

Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der.

English -scope

English culdoscope

From culdo- + -scope.

Noun

culdoscope (plural culdoscopes)

1. (medicine) A kind of endoscope used in culdoscopy.
   • 1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 508:

     Decker had just introduced his culdoscope and was advocating culdoscopy. I actually saw two peritoneoscopies during training but it had not achieved wide use.