colonoscopy

[koh-luh-nos-kuh-pee]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. visual inspection of the interior of the colon with a flexible, lighted tube inserted through the rectum.

colonoscopy

1. 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 Word Forms

• colonoscopic adjective
• colonoscopically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of colonoscopy¹

First recorded in 1900–05; colon ² ( def. ) + -o- ( def. ) + -scopy ( def. )

Example Sentences

A year later, he went back to the same doctor for a colonoscopy.

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Pasquinelli asked, referring to the fact that everyone is encouraged to get a regular colonoscopy at 45 but can put off future screenings for five years if nothing concerning shows up.

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Rogers suspected her health issues might be serious when her doctor told her he would like to do a slew of tests, including a colonoscopy, MRI and PET scan.

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Did Jennifer Coolidge just make first colonoscopy joke in history of Emmys?

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Meanwhile, over on “Gutfeld,” fill-in host Kat Timpf was talking about her erstwhile boss taking two full days off work to get a colonoscopy.

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