Meaning

1 senses
  1. (humorous, slang)A hypothetical instrument that allows diagnostic and management decisions to be made with medical hindsight.

Origin

From retrospect(ive) + -o- + -scope.

From retrospect(ive) + -o- + -scope.

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Forms

plural: retrospectoscopes

Word family

1 related words

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