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. |
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| Noun | 1. | 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 |
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