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endoscopy

American  
[en-dos-kuh-pee] / ɛnˈdɒs kə pi /

noun

endoscopies plural
  1. an examination by means of an endoscope.


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Etymology

Origin of endoscopy

endo- + -scopy

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These are four endoscopy tests - upper endoscopy; lower endoscopy excluding colonoscopy; colonoscopy; and cystoscopy - and four radiology tests - CT scan; MRI scan; barium studies; and non-obstetric ultrasound.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

"Aspiration during or after endoscopy can be devastating," Rezaie said.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2024

On 21 November, the first images of the trapped men emerged as a medical endoscopy camera was pushed through a pipeline drilled into the debris.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2023

The video was shot through a medical endoscopy camera that was pushed through a second, wider pipeline drilled through the debris on Monday, authorities said.

From Reuters Nov. 21, 2023

There were sites for the spotlights and the dresses and the endoscopy kits, and she sent them in flurries.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

Prof Nouraei developed a technique during the Covid-19 pandemic to perform awake endoscopies to give patients like Natalie steroid injections.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2025

The hospital, which opened in 2008, could hold its own against any modern medical facility for humans, boasting X-ray and gene-sequencing machines and equipment for performing endoscopies and processing blood, fecal and kidney samples.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2022

Officials compared the prices they paid for five common procedures — arthroscopies, cataract surgeries, colonoscopies, upper GIs, and endoscopies — at hospitals versus free-standing surgery centers.

From Salon Nov. 6, 2022

She began having regular scans and endoscopies to examine her pancreas.

From New York Times Oct. 10, 2022

More can be ultimately accomplished, and less reaction will follow short endoscopies repeated at proper intervals than in one long procedure.

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

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