gastroscopy
Americannoun
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gastroscopies
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Origin of gastroscopy
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The 82-year-old had a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy on Jan. 8, followed by a biopsy, his office said last month.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Cancer Research UK identified eight of the tests included in the figures that are predominantly used for cancer, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy and MRI.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
But until Dr. Schindler invented the flexible gastroscope in 1932, gastroscopy was seldom practiced, for it was difficult, dangerous, painful.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chloroform should not be used for esophagoscopy or gastroscopy because of its depressant action on the respiratory center.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
The first effect is vomiting which gives an empty stomach for esophagoscopy and gastroscopy.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
All of the recent gastroscopies in the Bronchoscopic Clinic, however, have been performed without anesthesia.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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