Entry: colposcope (n.)
In context: "Axford has trouble even public showering, much less submitting nude to a female's inspection. Hal is maybe the one male E.T.A. for whom liketime virginity is a conscious goal. He sort of feels like O.'s having enough acrobatic coitus for all three of them. Freer even has a like souvenir-colposcope bolted to the inside of his locker door..."
Definition: from colpo-: also colp- before a vowel, comb. form of Greek κόλπος womb, used = vagina in terms of Pathol., Surg., and Anat.
1940 E. Novak Gynecol. & Obstetr. Pathol. vi. 92 Colposcopy, the magnification of the cervix afforded by the Hinselmann colposcope.
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Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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The Borze Video Colposcope is a highly desirable digital colposcope because this video device is completely self-contained and is a standalone unit.
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