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: endoscopy
English
> 1 sense of the word
endoscopy
:
NOUN
act
endoscopy
visual
examination
of the
interior
of a hollow
body
organ
by use of an
endoscope
English
>
endoscopy
: 1 sense
> noun 1, act
Meaning
visual
examination
of the
interior
of a hollow
body
organ
by use of an
endoscope
.
Narrower
celioscopy
endoscopic
examination
of the
abdomen
through the
abdominal wall
colonoscopy
visual
examination
of the
colon
(with a
colonoscope
) from the
cecum
to the
rectum
culdoscopy
endoscopic
examination
of a
woman's
pelvic
organs
by the
insertion
of a
culdoscope
through the
vagina
gastroscopy
visual
examination
of the
stomach
by means of a
gastroscope
inserted
through the
esophagus
hysteroscopy
visual
examination
of the
uterus
and
uterine
lining using an
endoscope
inserted
through the
vagina
proctoscopy
visual
examination
of the
rectum
and the
end
of the
colon
by means of a
proctoscope
sigmoidoscopy
,
flexible sigmoidoscopy
visual
examination
(with a
sigmoidoscope
) of the lower third of the
colon
in a
search
for
polyps
Broader
examination
,
scrutiny
The act of examining something closely (as for
mistakes
/
mistakes
)
Spanish
endoscopia
Catalan
endoscòpia
Adjectives
endoscopic
of or
relating
to
endoscopy
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