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colonoscopy

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Word definitions for colonoscopy in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Colonoscopy or coloscopy is the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus . It can provide a visual diagnosis (e.g. ulceration , ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1902 (earlier procto-colonoscopy , 1896; colonoscope attested from 1884), from colon (n.2) + -oscopy (see -scope ).

Usage examples of colonoscopy.

A longer and fatter hose with a spherical blob on the end got fed down the toilet, a colonoscopy probing the bowels of the ship’s waste plumbing circuit.

It was an episode covering colonoscopy and the lack of an expected wedding invitation.

Gus, who during a colonoscopy, higher than a kite on Demerol, asked his doctor if they had gotten to the ileum, because even with his brain cradled in opiates, Gus just liked to know.