| NOUN | artifact | endoscope | a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery |
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| Meaning | A long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery. | |
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| Narrower | arthroscope | A type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination |
| colonoscope | An elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum | |
| culdoscope | A specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs | |
| gastroscope | A type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach | |
| laparoscope | A slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery | |
| proctoscope | An endoscope for examining the rectum | |
| sigmoidoscope, flexible sigmoidoscope | An endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon | |
| Broader | medical instrument | instrument used in the practice of medicine |
| Spanish | endoscopio | |
| Catalan | endoscopi | |
| Adjectives | endoscopic | of or relating to endoscopy |
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