Name a medical instrument

Last seen Dive #52. 323 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hints

Hint 1. 323 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 10 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Autoclave

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Pleximeter · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Pleximeter One in a Krillion 100 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Pleximeter 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Amnihook 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Angioscope 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Anoscope 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Audiometer 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bistoury 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Broach 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Capnograph 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Autoclave 60 pts
  • Centrifuge 60 pts
  • Colposcope 60 pts
  • Hemostat 60 pts
  • Incubator 60 pts
  • Lancet 60 pts
  • Nebulizer 60 pts
  • Penlight 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Blood pressure monitor 10
  • Medical needle 10
  • Scalpel 10
  • Stethoscope 10
  • Syringe 10
  • Thermometer 10

All accepted answers

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Name a medical instrument

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 226 ● Rare · 64 ● Schooler · 25 ● Plankton · 6
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Orchidometer +100
  • Pleximeter +100
Deep Cut +85 226 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adson forceps +85
  • Alligator forceps +85
  • Allis clamp +85
  • Amnihook +85
  • Anal retractor +85
  • Aneurysm clip +85
  • Angioscope +85
  • Anoscope +85
  • Army-Navy retractor +85
  • Arterial line +85
  • Arthroscope +85
  • Audiometer +85
  • Autorefractor +85
  • Ayre spatula +85
  • Babcock forceps +85
  • Bag valve mask +85
  • Balfour retractor +85
  • Band pusher +85
  • Biopsy forceps +85
  • Bistoury +85
  • Bladder scanner +85
  • Bone awl +85
  • Bone conduction test kit +85
  • Bone cutter +85
  • Bone densitometer +85
  • Bone holding forceps +85
  • Bone marrow needle +85
  • Bone rasp +85
  • Bookwalter retractor +85
  • Broach +85
  • Bulldog clamp +85
  • Bullet probe +85
  • Capnograph +85
  • Cardiac catheter +85
  • Cast saw +85
  • Cautery pen +85
  • Chalazion clamp +85
  • Cheek retractor +85
  • Chemistry analyzer +85
  • Cooley clamp +85
  • Cord clamp +85
  • Cotton pliers +85
  • Crile hemostat +85
  • Cryoprobe +85
  • Curette +85
  • Cystoscope +85
  • Deaver retractor +85
  • DeBakey forceps +85
  • Dental carver +85
  • Dental chair unit +85
  • Dental chisel +85
  • Dental curing light +85
  • Dental elevator +85
  • Dental explorer +85
  • Dental suction +85
  • Dental syringe +85
  • Dental torque wrench +85
  • Dental X-ray sensor +85
  • Depth gauge +85
  • Dermatome +85
  • Dermatoscope +85
  • Duodenoscope +85
  • Ear curette +85
  • Echocardiograph +85
  • Ecraseur +85
  • Electromyograph +85
  • Electrosurgical unit +85
  • Endodontic file +85
  • Endodontic plugger +85
  • Episiotomy scissors +85
  • Esophageal dilator +85
  • Esophagoscope +85
  • External fixator +85
  • External ventricular drain +85
  • Extraction forceps +85
  • Fetoscope +85
  • Fleam +85
  • Fluid warmer +85
  • Fluoroscope +85
  • Fogarty catheter +85
  • Frazier suction tip +85
  • Frenzel goggles +85
  • Fundus camera +85
  • Gamma camera +85
  • Gamma Knife +85
  • Gastroscope +85
  • Gelpi retractor +85
  • Gigli saw +85
  • Goniometer +85
  • Halo brace +85
  • Harmonic scalpel +85
  • Hegar dilator +85
  • Hematology analyzer +85
  • Hemorrhoid ligator +85
  • Hohmann retractor +85
  • Holter monitor +85
  • Hyperbaric chamber +85
  • Hysteroscope +85
  • Impression tray +85
  • Intra-aortic balloon pump +85
  • Intraosseous needle +85
  • Iris hook +85
  • Iris scissors +85
  • IUD inserter +85
  • Karman cannula +85
  • Keratome +85
  • Keratometer +85
  • Kerrison rongeur +85
  • Kirschner wire +85
  • Kocher clamp +85
  • Laboratory balance +85
  • Lamina spreader +85
  • Laparoscopic grasper +85
  • Laparoscopic instrument +85
  • Laryngeal mask airway +85
  • Laryngeal mirror +85
  • LEEP electrode +85
  • Leksell rongeur +85
  • Lid speculum +85
  • Linear accelerator +85
  • Lithotripter +85
  • Maddox rod +85
  • Magill forceps +85
  • Malleable retractor +85
  • Matrix band +85
  • Mayfield head clamp +85
  • Mayo scissors +85
  • Measuring tape +85
  • Mediastinoscope +85
  • Metzenbaum scissors +85
  • Monofilament +85
  • Morcellator +85
  • Mosquito forceps +85
  • Mouth prop +85
  • Nasopharyngeal airway +85
  • Nasopharyngoscope +85
  • Needle holder +85
  • Nephroscope +85
  • Nephrostomy tube +85
  • Occluder +85
  • OCT scanner +85
  • Ophthalmic forceps +85
  • Oropharyngeal airway +85
  • Orthodontic pliers +85
  • Osteotome +85
  • Oxygen concentrator +85
  • Pachymeter +85
  • Peak flow meter +85
  • Pelvimeter +85
  • Penfield dissector +85
  • Perineometer +85
  • Periodontal curette +85
  • Periosteal elevator +85
  • Pessary +85
  • Phacoemulsifier +85
  • Phototherapy lamp +85
  • Pinard horn +85
  • Pipelle +85
  • Pocket mask +85
  • Poole suction tip +85
  • Potts scissors +85
  • Proctoscope +85
  • Punch biopsy +85
  • Purse-string applicator +85
  • Reamer +85
  • Retinoscope +85
  • Rib spreader +85
  • Richardson retractor +85
  • Right-angle clamp +85
  • Rongeur +85
  • Rubber dam +85
  • Satinsky clamp +85
  • Schirmer test strip +85
  • Senn retractor +85
  • Sequential compression device +85
  • Sigmoidoscope +85
  • Skin hook +85
  • Spinal needle +85
  • Sponge forceps +85
  • Stadiometer +85
  • Stereotactic frame +85
  • Stereotest +85
  • Sternal saw +85
  • Surgical blade +85
  • Surgical burr +85
  • Surgical caliper +85
  • Surgical chisel +85
  • Surgical distractor +85
  • Surgical drain +85
  • Surgical light +85
  • Surgical loupes +85
  • Surgical mallet +85
  • Surgical microscope +85
  • Surgical robot +85
  • Suture scissors +85
  • Syringe pump +85
  • Temporary pacemaker +85
  • Tenaculum +85
  • TENS unit +85
  • Thoracoscope +85
  • Tissue forceps +85
  • Tonometer +85
  • Tonsillotome +85
  • Towel clamp +85
  • Traction device +85
  • Trauma shears +85
  • Trephine +85
  • Trial frame +85
  • Trocar +85
  • Tympanometer +85
  • Tympanostomy tube inserter +85
  • Ureteroscope +85
  • Urine bag +85
  • Uterine sound +85
  • Vacutainer +85
  • Vacuum extractor +85
  • Vaginal retractor +85
  • Vectis +85
  • Veress needle +85
  • Video laryngoscope +85
  • Visual field analyzer +85
  • Wartenberg wheel +85
  • Weitlaner retractor +85
  • Willis gauge +85
  • Wire twister +85
  • Yankauer suction tip +85
Rare +60 64 answers — tap to reveal
  • Anesthesia machine +60
  • Auto-injector +60
  • Autoclave +60
  • Bandage scissors +60
  • Biopsy needle +60
  • Bone saw +60
  • Bronchoscope +60
  • Butterfly needle +60
  • Central line +60
  • Centrifuge +60
  • Chest tube +60
  • Colonoscope +60
  • Colposcope +60
  • CPAP machine +60
  • Dental drill +60
  • Dental mirror +60
  • Dental scaler +60
  • Dialysis machine +60
  • ECMO machine +60
  • Electrocautery +60
  • Electroencephalograph +60
  • Endotracheal tube +60
  • Epidural needle +60
  • Eye chart +60
  • Fetal doppler +60
  • Fetal monitor +60
  • Foley catheter +60
  • Head mirror +60
  • Heart-lung machine +60
  • Hemostat +60
  • Incubator +60
  • Infusion pump +60
  • Insulin pen +60
  • Insulin pump +60
  • Iron lung +60
  • IV catheter +60
  • Kelly clamp +60
  • Lancet +60
  • Laparoscope +60
  • Laryngoscope +60
  • Mammography machine +60
  • Medical scale +60
  • Nasal cannula +60
  • Nasogastric tube +60
  • Nebulizer +60
  • Ophthalmoscope +60
  • Oxygen mask +60
  • Oxygen tank +60
  • Penlight +60
  • PET scanner +60
  • Phoropter +60
  • Pipette +60
  • Slit lamp +60
  • Spirometer +60
  • Splint +60
  • Stretcher +60
  • Suction machine +60
  • Surgical drill +60
  • Surgical laser +60
  • Surgical retractor +60
  • Surgical stapler +60
  • Tracheostomy tube +60
  • Tuning fork +60
  • Wheelchair +60
Schooler +30 25 answers — tap to reveal
  • Cardiac monitor +30
  • Catheter +30
  • CT scanner +30
  • Defibrillator +30
  • Electrocardiograph +30
  • Endoscope +30
  • Forceps +30
  • Glucose meter +30
  • Inhaler +30
  • IV drip +30
  • Microscope +30
  • MRI scanner +30
  • Otoscope +30
  • Pulse oximeter +30
  • Reflex hammer +30
  • Speculum +30
  • Surgical clamp +30
  • Surgical scissors +30
  • Suture +30
  • Tongue depressor +30
  • Tourniquet +30
  • Tweezers +30
  • Ultrasound scanner +30
  • Ventilator +30
  • X-ray machine +30
Plankton +10 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Blood pressure monitor +10
  • Medical needle +10
  • Scalpel +10
  • Stethoscope +10
  • Syringe +10
  • Thermometer +10