colonoscopy
noun
visual inspection of the interior of the colon with a flexible, lighted tube inserted through the rectum.
colonoscopic
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a word derived from
colonoscopy.
Example Sentences
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"It may be reasonable to offer colonoscopic screening to these individuals," Dr. Sung Noh Hong and colleagues write in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2010
Even before the conference, however, other physicians were questioning why it had not been detected earlier either by a colonoscopic inspection or a barium enema.
From Time Magazine Archive
