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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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