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> カピバラのオスの鼻には「モリージョ」という突起物があるのが特徴で、獣医師に **診せたところ** 、バァラはオスだと確認されたということです。  
>  The male capybara has a feature known as a モリージョ on its nose, and it was
> confirmed that it was a male _during examination by a vet_

I'm not at all sure about the 診せたところ part. I can only find the verb 診る in
dictionaries. I'm assuming it's a fancy way of writing 見せる. So 獣医師に診せた would
be "shown to a vet"?

I'm also confused by how ところ works here. I understand that a verb in past
tense + ところ means that the verb has just been completed, but the whole thing
is a noun phrase and I don't understand how it fits into the grammar here.

Maybe I'm overthinking it. Can I add に onto the end and get:

> 獣医師に診せたところに...  
>  At the point in time that it was shown to a vet ...
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Confusion over 診せたところ
> 「Verb (usually in past tense) + ところ」

means:

> "upon (verb)ing"

Thus, 「獣医師{じゅういし}に診{み}せたところ」 means " ** _upon showing it to the vet_** ".

「診る」 = "to examine"

「診せる」 = "to let (a doc) examine"

Lastly, you cannot say 「獣医師に診せたところ **に** 」 because that will mean something
else. That will mean " ** _Just when_** I showed it to the vet".
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