retrospectoscope

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ユーモラス文体 俗語

(slang, humorous) A hypothetical instrument that allows diagnostic and management decisions to be made with medical hindsight.

日本語の意味

（俗語、ユーモラスな表現）過去の医療事例に基づいて診断や治療の判断を下すための仮想的な医療機器

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After the complication, the attending joked that they needed a retrospectoscope to show what should have been done.

合併症が発生した後、主治医は『何をすべきだったかを示してくれる後知恵で診断・治療の判断ができるという仮想の器具があればいいのに』と冗談めかして言った。

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意味（1）

(slang, humorous) A hypothetical instrument that allows diagnostic and management decisions to be made with medical hindsight.

A distinguished private foundation, that shall be nameless, offered me a small grant if l would test out their crystal ball with its two new attachments; one of them called the retrospectoscope and the other called the prognosticator.

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retrospectoscopes （ plural ）