1. [n]  an investigation conducted using a probe instrument
2. [n]  an exploratory action or expedition
3. [n]  a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities
4. [n]  an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"
5. [v]  question or examine thoroughly and closely
6. [v]  examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"

1. \Probe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Probed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Probing}.] [L. probare to try, examine. See {Prove}.]
   1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the
      body, with a probe.
   2. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine
      thoroughly. --Dryden.
            The growing disposition to probe the legality of all
            acts, of the crown.                   --Hallam.
   

2. \Probe\, n. (Surg.)
   An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances
   of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of
   for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc.
   --Parr.
   {Probe}, or {Probe-pointed}, {scissors} (Surg.), scissors
      used to open wounds, the blade of which, to be thrust into
      the orifice, has a button at the end. --Wiseman.
   

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1. A sequence of DNA or RNA, labeled or marked with a radioactive isotope, used to detect the presence of complementary nucleotide sequences. See Nucleotide
2. A single-stranded DNA that has been radioactively labeled and is used to identify complementary sequences in genes or DNA fragments of interest. (See Multilocus probe)
3. Single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules of specific base sequence, labeled either radioactively or immunologically, that are used to detect the complementary base sequence by hybridization.