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English

Etymology

abdomino- +? -scopy

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?m.?n??s.k?.pi/

Noun

abdominoscopy (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”), from de- + tegere (“to cover”); see tegument, tile, thatch

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

detect (third-person singular simple present detects, present participle detecting, simple past and past participle detected)

1. to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

Derived terms

• detection
• detective
• detector

Descendants

• ? Catalan: detectar
• ? French: détecter
  • ? Dutch: detecteren
• ? Portuguese: detectar
• ? Romanian: detecta
• ? Spanish: detectar

Translations

See also

• discover
• find
• stumble upon

Adjective

detect (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Detected.

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Further reading

• detect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• detect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• dectet