otoscope

Everyday

An otoscope is a small medical tool with a light and a magnifying lens that a doctor uses to look inside your ear. tree →

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 →
• The otoscope has a little light on the end. tree →
• Through the otoscope she could see my eardrum. tree →
• The nurse put a clean tip on the otoscope. tree →
• My toy doctor's kit has a plastic otoscope. tree →
• The otoscope showed an ear infection. tree →

Note

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