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colonoscopy
[ koh-luh-nos-kuh-pee ]
noun
- visual inspection of the interior of the colon with a flexible, lighted tube inserted through the rectum.
colonoscopy
/ ō′lə-ŏ′ə-ŧ /
- Inspection of the interior surface of the colon with a flexible endoscope that is equipped to obtain tissue samples and inserted through the rectum.
Other yvlog Forms
- ·Dz··DZ· [k, uh, -lon-, uh, -, skop, -ik], adjective
- ·Dz··DZ··· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of colonoscopy1
Example Sentences
Just as we have timelines for things like mammograms and colonoscopies, I would love to see timelines for menopause training where at age 35, we start explaining symptoms to women.
Mr Cannon went for a colonoscopy and, while he was told he did not have cancer, did not get a diagnosis.
A colonoscopy at his local hospital detected a small lesion, found to be early-stage cancer.
Brian Mulhern, the Rhode Islander who put off his colonoscopy, compared the industry to the "legal mafia" - offering protection "but on their terms".
The study aimed to measure how many participants would complete a colorectal cancer screening within six months and how many would undergo a colonoscopy within six months following a positive FIT result.
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