Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An endoscopic instrument that allows direct observation of the epithelia of the vagina and cervix.
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- noun a form of
endoscope used toexamine thetissues of thevagina andcervix
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I used a colposcope, which is basically a large magnifying glass with a light on it, to see inside the vaginal canal.
Salem Falls JODI PICOULT 2001
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I used a colposcope, which is basically a large magnifying glass with a light on it, to see inside the vaginal canal.
Salem Falls Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2001
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Soon after having a smear, her doctor gave her an urgent appointment and, thanks to having private health insurance, she had a colposcopy - an internal investigation using a device called a colposcope - the next day.
Home 2010
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Soon after having a smear, her doctor gave her an urgent appointment and, thanks to having private health insurance, she had a colposcopy - an internal investigation using a device called a colposcope - the next day.
Home 2010
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A cervical biopsy is done on abnormal areas of the cervix that appear through visual examination with a colposcope see “Colposcopy,” below.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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This procedure uses a colposcope a lighted magnifying instrument resembling a small mounted pair of binoculars to examine the vaginal walls and cervix for abnormalities.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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BENDIGO Health has a new colposcope and gynaecological table.
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Maternity services senior manager Jodie Ashworth said the colposcope provided clinicians with greater image quality.
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So in 1997, he built his first portable colposcope -- a battery-powered, head-mounted binocular fashioned from surgical glasses, a bicycle halogen head light and a green camera filter.
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The colposcope, an optical tool, enables doctors to view the cervix and detect pre-cancerous tissue that can be easily and inexpensively treated before it grows into invasive tumors.
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