What's the difference between auriscope and auriscopy?
Auriscope
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
Example Sentences:
(1) Organisms were cultured from 41 (93%) of 44 auriscope earpieces, of which 14 (32%) carried potential pathogens; four (9%) were heavily contaminated.
(2) Of the 85 (81%) general practitioners who responded, 72 (85%) believed that contaminated auriscope earpieces could cause serious infection, 66 (78%) did not clean earpieces between patients, and 70 (82%) thought that patients would mind if they knew that dirty earpieces were used.
(3) To describe the organisms cultured from general practitioners' auriscope earpieces; and to explore general practitioners' perceptions of the possibility of cross infection from contaminated auriscope earpieces and of how their auriscope earpieces are cleaned.
(4) Almost a third of auriscope earpieces were contaminated by pathogenic bacteria.
(5) Microbiological survey of auriscope earpieces in two general practices and a semistructured questionnaire sent to 105 general practitioners.
Auriscopy
Definition:
(n.) Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.