Retrospectoscope

Quick meaning: Retrospectoscope is a noun meaning (slang, humorous) A hypothetical instrument that allows diagnostic and management decisions to be made with medical hindsight.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

The view through the retrospectoscope is almost always clear, precise, and correct.

I have also had to learn that just as the lens of the retrospectoscope provides false clarity, the lens of unbridled optimism distorts reality.

Once we are proficient in using both the retrospectoscope and the prospectoscope, we are ready to use the perspectoscope—the scope that all patients deserve.

Using the famous "retrospectoscope" technique, in which events of the past can be brought into sharper focus, one can sometimes identify the fear-inducing stimulus quite accurately in time and space.

Word Forms

• retrospectoscopes
• retrospectroscope

Related Words

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