pharyngoscope

9.9

A tool doctors use to look into the throat

noun
/fəˈrɪŋɡəˌskoʊp/

Specialized

: faringoscopio

The doctor used a pharyngoscope to examine the patient's throat and ensure there were no abnormalities.
flexible pharyngoscope
nose pharyngoscope

Examples

MAHE International's flexible nose pharyngoscope is a state-of-the-art fiberoptic endoscope manufactured in Germany.

Academic text (2002)
Additionally, the MAHE flexible nose pharyngoscope has up-and-down deflection of 150 degrees, easy one-hand operation, a conventional image guide system, and a 9,800-pixel image.

Academic text (2002)
Fiberoptic pharyngoscope

Academic text (2002)
With each prepaid purchase of its flexible nose pharyngoscope, MAHE is offering a free battery pack, a free pressure-testing kit, and two free adaptors.

Academic text (2002)
The MAHE flexible nose pharyngoscope comes packaged in a sturdy attaché case and comes with a 1-year warranty.

Academic text (2002)
During the check-up, the specialist carefully inserted the pharyngoscope to look for any signs of infection.
The ENT clinic equipped all its examination rooms with a pharyngoscope to facilitate thorough assessments of patients' throats.

How Advanced

endoscope

Specialized

3 5.3

fiberscope

Specialized

1 7.8

pharyngoscope

Specialized

9.9

tongue depressor

Specialized

6 4.0

Surface Forms

pharyngoscope singular

pharyngoscopes plural

Morphology

pharyngoscope = scope (opaque) = pharyngo + scope

The instrument sense is not readily predictable for an average learner because the combining form 'pharyngo-' and the medical reference to the throat are not transparent.

Etymology

Pharyngoscope starts with pharyng-, from Greek pharynx, meaning 'throat', and ends with -scope, meaning 'to look', the same -scope you see in telescope and microscope. So a pharyngoscope is a tool for 'looking' into the throat.