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ENDOSCOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("endoscope" is a kind of...):
medical instrument (instrument used in the practice of medicine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endoscope"):
arthroscope (a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination)
colonoscope (an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum)
culdoscope (a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs)
gastroscope (a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach)
laparoscope (a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery)
proctoscope (an endoscope for examining the rectum)
flexible sigmoidoscope; sigmoidoscope (an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon)
Derivation:
endoscopic (of or relating to endoscopy)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb endoscope
Context examples:
A supplementary device or component designed to work with an endoscope.
(Endoscopic Accessory Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal bronchial tissue for microscopic examination, using an endoscope.
(Bronchoscopy with Biopsy, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of tissue from the pylorus for microscopic examination, using an endoscope.
(Biopsy of Pylorus, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of tissue from the small intestine for microscopic examination, using an endoscope.
(Biopsy of Small Intestine, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of tissue from the jujunum for microscopic examination, using an endoscope.
(Biopsy of Jejunum, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of tissue from the duodenum for microscopic examination, using an endoscope.
(Biopsy of Duodenum, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of tissue from the colon for microscopic examination, using an endoscope.
(Biopsy of Colon, NCI Thesaurus)
The placement of a feeding tube through the abdominal wall into the stomach using an endoscope.
(Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, NCI Thesaurus)
The capsule endoscope is passed from the body in the stool.
(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)
A diagnostic or therapeutic procedure in which an endoscope is inserted in a tubular organ to examine the structural architecture and/or remove abnormal tissues.
(Endoscopic Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
