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

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

The plan is to clear the four year waits for more than 3,000 patients on lists for hip, knee, hernia and colonoscopy procedures.

From BBC

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Cannon went for a colonoscopy and, while he was told he did not have cancer, did not get a diagnosis.

From BBC