en·do·scope ( n d -sk p )n. An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach. en do·scopic (-sk p k) adj.en do·scopic·al·ly adv.en·dos co·py (n-dsk-p ) n. |
| 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. endoscopy noun ( n-dsk-p) |
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| 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 |
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