endoscope

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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endoscope  (nd-skp)

A medical instrument used for visual examination of the interior of a body cavity or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach. It is a rigid or flexible tube fitted with lenses, a fiber-optic light source, and often a probe, forceps, suction device, or other apparatus for examination or retrieval of tissue.

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endoscopy noun (n-dsk-p)

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

endoscope - a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery 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 medical instrument - instrument used in the practice of medicine proctoscope - an endoscope for examining the rectum flexible sigmoidoscope, sigmoidoscope - an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon