endoscope

American

[en-duh-skohp] / ˈɛn dəˌskoʊp /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

a slender, tubular optical instrument used as a viewing system for examining an inner part of the body and, with an attached instrument, for biopsy or surgery.

endoscope British

/ ɛnˈdɒskəpɪst, ˌɛndəʊˈskɒpɪk, ˈɛndəʊˌskəʊp /

noun

a long slender medical instrument used for examining the interior of hollow organs including the lung, stomach, bladder, and bowel

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endoscope Scientific

/ ĕn′də-skōp′ /

A medical instrument used for visual examination of the interior of a body cavity or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach. It is a rigid or flexible tube fitted with lenses, a fiber-optic light source, and often a probe, forceps, suction device, or other apparatus for examination or retrieval of tissue.

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Origin of endoscope

First recorded in 1860–65; endo- + -scope

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The standard method involves inserting an endoscope — a flexible tube with a camera on one end — into a patient’s throat and threading it down to the stomach.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

In hopes of preventing those complications from occurring, researchers at MIT have developed a new gel, GastroShield, that can be sprayed onto the surgical sites through an endoscope.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

“You can't just take an endoscope down a baleen whale and see what they're doing when they're singing,” says Reidenberg, who was not involved with the new study, published today in Nature.

From National Geographic • Feb. 21, 2024

Kaufman said his firm has filed lawsuits against Olympus Medical Systems Corp, the manufacturer of the endoscope device, in five of those cases, including on behalf of Gomez.

From Reuters • Mar. 17, 2015

Never endoscope a foreign body case unprepared, with the idea of taking a preliminary look.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

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