probe

[ prohb ]
/ proʊb /

verb (used with object), probed, prob·ing.

to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
to examine or explore with a probe.

verb (used without object), probed, prob·ing.

to examine or explore with or as if with a probe.

noun

Origin of probe

1555–65; (noun) < Medieval Latin proba examination, Late Latin: test, derivative of probāre (see prove); (v.) partly derivative of the noun, partly < Latin probāre. See proof

OTHER WORDS FROM probe

probe·a·ble, adjective prob·er, noun re·probe, verb, re·probed, re·prob·ing. un·probed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for probe

probe
/ (prəʊb) /

verb

(tr) to search into or question closely
to examine (something) with or as if with a probe

noun

Derived forms of probe

probeable, adjective prober, noun

Word Origin for probe

C16: from Medieval Latin proba investigation, from Latin probāre to test

Medical definitions for probe

probe
[ prōb ]

n.

A slender, flexible surgical instrument with a blunt bulbous tip, used to explore a wound or body cavity.
A substance, such as DNA, that is radioactively labeled or otherwise marked and used to detect or identify another substance in a sample.

v.

To explore a wound or body cavity with a probe.