What do you call the device that holds your eyes open? What do you call them? Is there a particular word that's used to refer to it? I tried to google it, but I came with absolutely no result.
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opthalmic speculum or eye speculum
https://www.surgicalinstruments.com/eye-instruments/eye-speculums
http://www.katalystsurgical.com/instruments/speculum
Surgical Eye Specula or Ophthalmic Speculums are used for retracting and holding the eyelid during surgery
https://www.titanmedicalshop.com/collections/speculums
and see also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_instruments_used_in_ophthalmology
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Is there a generic word for the thing that holds it into place, like the tips?– SayamanJun 29, 2019 at 13:54
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"Speculum" is the general medical term for a particular type of device like this, which holds things open or apart. But I don't know how many people would necessarily know that. (Most women have probably encountered a speculum when receiving regular medical exams, but even then I don't know how many would know that it's a more general term that you could use for the eye-opening device also.) Jun 29, 2019 at 20:24