All 4 Uses of
probe
in
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
- Leale's fingers probed for the source of the blood and found it behind the left ear: a neat, round hole, about the diameter of a man's fingertip, clotted with a plug of coagulated blood.†
p. 68..3
- Leale sent a hospital steward in search of a special piece of medical equipment, a Nelaton probe.†
p. 87..8 *
- The doctors probed Lincoln's bullet wound with their bare, dirty fingers, sticking their pinkies inside Lincoln's brain.†
p. 90..5
- They used the Nelaton probe to find the bullet for possible removal, as if that would have helped Lincoln.†
p. 90..5
Definition:
-
(probe) to investigate; or an investigation
or:
any of various instrument used for investigationinstruments such as:- an instrument to measure electronic voltage
- a surgical tool used for examination
- an unmanned spacecraft used for exploration