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# otoscope

«otoscope» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small medical tool with a light and a magnifying lens…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an otoscope, otoscopes)

### meaning for a pupil

An otoscope is a small medical tool with a light and a magnifying lens that a doctor uses to look inside your ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/otoscope/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons and doctor visits the doctor uses an otoscope to check the ear canal and eardrum for wax, infection or damage. Some kids' doctor play sets include a toy otoscope. Phrases: «look in your ear with an otoscope».

### examples

- The doctor looked in my ear with an otoscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/otoscope/#x1)
- The otoscope has a little light on the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/otoscope/#x2)
- Through the otoscope she could see my eardrum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/otoscope/#x3)
- The nurse put a clean tip on the otoscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/otoscope/#x4)
- My toy doctor's kit has a plastic otoscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/otoscope/#x5)
- The otoscope showed an ear infection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/otoscope/#x6)

### note

Countable. Said «OH-tuh-skope». From Greek «oto» (ear) + «scope» (look). Compare stethoscope (listening to the chest) and microscope (seeing tiny things).

### In the corpora

- [A doctor looks inside the ear with an otoscope, a small torch with a magnifying lens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «otoscope» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/otoscope/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.