Probe
Probe , transitive verb
[Latin probare to try, examine. See Prove.]
1.
To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.
2.
Figuratively: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly. — Dryden
The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown.
Probe , noun
(Surgery) An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc. — Parr
Collocations (1)
Probe scissors or Probe-pointed scissors (Surgery) , scissors used to open wounds, the blade of which, to be thrust into the orifice, has a button at the end. — Wiseman