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  • noun colonoscopy

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Examples

  • Because, he could have dismissed me as just being neurotic, and skipped the first examination and coloscopy.

    A typical day? A nice card and determination. Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • The bad is, it's still kind of bad so they diagnosed it IBS and sending me for a coloscopy, just to rule everything out.

    A typical day? A nice card and determination. Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • Now while not quite the same, I go every year for a coloscopy due to the fact that I have ulcerative colitis.

    stirrups 2005

  • Early detection of it having advanced to the cancerous stage means, after a confirmatory coloscopy, you can treat it with cryotherapy, chemo, or radical hysterectomy depending on its advance.

    The Times of India 2010

  • And HI NEIl, I was chilled out during the coloscopy:) not before) they gave me some really good stuff and I was "I am cool, poke around, I am cool oh nice pictures" until I was getting up from the table and the world started spinning.

    Hard Times: children, Seattle trip, some joy Elizabeth McClung 2008

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