Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A diagnostic instrument designed for obtaining a view of some internal part of the body, especially the bladder, uterus, and stomach.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
instrument used toexamine abodily orifice orcanal , or ahollow organ
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
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Examples
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A procedure involving the passage of a thin endoscope through the mother's abdomen and into the uterus to directly observe the fetus and placenta.
Glossary 2010
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An endoscope is a probe with a tiny camera and bright light that is inserted into natural body openings such as the anus, urethra or vagina.
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Urologic Conditions in Children 2010
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Sinus surgery used to be done by cutting through the face, but today it is mostly done by sticking a thin flexible tube called an endoscope up the nostrils.
Breathe Easier With Surgery Laura Johannes 2011
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The surgeons behind him were taking a brain tumor out through an endoscope, which is something that's done at very sophisticated hospitals here in this country.
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The surgeons behind him were taking a brain tumor out through an endoscope, which is something that's done at very sophisticated hospitals here in this country.
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The company hoped that the endoscope, which is just 8.5mm in diameter, would give a better idea of what was really happening inside of the reactor.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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The company hoped that the endoscope, which is just 8.5mm in diameter, would give a better idea of what was really happening inside of the reactor.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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An endoscope, which is a pencil-like camera device connected to a television monitor, is inserted through one of the incisions, allowing the surgeon to have a clear view of the muscles and tissues beneath the skin.
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This test generally is done by a skilled gastroenterologist, who inserts a tube called an endoscope through the patient’s mouth and down the esophagus.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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They could also have use for some kind of endoscope module.
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But a new endoscope, a microscope that snakes into the body through one of two holes (pie- or butt-), now enables us to see and study living tissue inside a breathing body with a beating heart.
Orion Magazine | How to Queer Ecology: One Goose at a Time Jennifer Brandel 2023
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