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probe

n 1  :  a surgical instrument that consists typically of a light slender fairly flexible pointed metal instrument like a small rod that is used typically for locating a foreign body (as a bullet embedded in a part of the body), for exploring a wound or suppurative tract by prodding or piercing, or for penetrating and exploring bodily passages and cavities  2  :  a device (as an ultrasound generator) or a substance (as DNA used in genetic research) used to obtain specific information for diagnostic or experimental purposes <the radioactive revealed the distribution of molecules in the membrane>  <identify a blot by using a molecular
vbprobed  prob*ing vt  :  to examine with or as if with a probe < a wound>  vi  :  to search by using a probe < for a bullet>  .
 
 

 
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