Endoscopy

en·do·scope  (nd-skp)

n.

An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach.

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endo·scopic (-skpk) adj.

endo·scopic·al·ly adv.

en·dosco·py (n-dsk-p) n.

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Noun

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endoscopy - visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) 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; requires sedation 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 flexible sigmoidoscopy, sigmoidoscopy - visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps