colonoscopy

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Etymology

From colon +‎ -o- +‎ -scopy.

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  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑləˈnɑskəpi/
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Noun

colonoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural colonoscopies)

  1. (medicine) The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.
    • 1985, William S. Howland, Graziano C. Carlon, editors, Critical Care of the Cancer Patient, Year Book Medical Publishers, →ISBN, page 100:
      Colonoscopy can be expected to identify lesions missed on barium enema, such as small polyps and angiodysplasia. […] Often the preparation of the colon is not ideal, and this can add to the difficulty of performing colonoscopy and interpreting the findings. Tedesco and colleagues reported the results of colonoscopy in 258 patients with rectal bleeding.

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