Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Inspection of the interior of any cavity or canal of the body.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) The art or process of examination or treatment by means of an endoscope.

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  • noun medicine the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope

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Examples

  • A research team lead by Professor Peter Malfertheiner, evaluated prospectively the changes in quality of life (QOL) in ten HV during a long-term endoscopy-based study.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A research team lead by Professor Peter Malfertheiner, evaluated prospectively the changes in quality of life (QOL) in ten HV during a long-term endoscopy-based study.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • A research team lead by Professor Peter Malfertheiner, evaluated prospectively the changes in quality of life (QOL) in ten HV during a long-term endoscopy-based study.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Wakefield, on the other hand, was anything but discouraging: He suggested that Michelle have a pediatric gastroenterologist perform an endoscopy, which is an invasive surgical procedure during which a fiber-optic camera is threaded up the rectum or down the mouth and through the maze of the gastrointestinal tract.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • Wakefield, on the other hand, was anything but discouraging: He suggested that Michelle have a pediatric gastroenterologist perform an endoscopy, which is an invasive surgical procedure during which a fiber-optic camera is threaded up the rectum or down the mouth and through the maze of the gastrointestinal tract.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • Wakefield, on the other hand, was anything but discouraging: He suggested that Michelle have a pediatric gastroenterologist perform an endoscopy, which is an invasive surgical procedure during which a fiber-optic camera is threaded up the rectum or down the mouth and through the maze of the gastrointestinal tract.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • Screening for esophageal cancer, called endoscopy, involves placing a tube with a small camera down the throat to look for tumors.

    For most, chronic heartburn not a big risk for esophageal cancer 2010

  • Screening for esophageal cancer, called endoscopy, involves placing a tube with a small camera down the throat to look for tumors.

    For most, chronic heartburn not a big risk for esophageal cancer 2010

  • She thinks I should have a test called an endoscopy.

    The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006

  • She thinks I should have a test called an endoscopy.

    The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006

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