Word: speculums
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spe
cu
lums
Definition: Plural of speculum; a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
Morphemes:
Affix: speculum
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: specere
Language: la
Decoded: specere
Meaning: to see; to look at
Affix: -ulum
Language: la
Decoded: -ulum
Meaning: forming tools of performing a verb
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).