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endoscopy

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

noun

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


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of endoscopy

endo- + -scopy


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A 13.1% increase in neuromodulation sales helped offset the less-than-1% decline in endoscopy revenue and 3.2% slide in urology revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Often, the lesion can be accessed from the outside or inside, for instance, via image-guided biopsy or endoscopy, but sometimes this is not possible," Venuta said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The 62 day target includes time for tests to diagnose cancer, including imaging, endoscopy and pathology tests.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

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

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024

She was given an endoscopy, an MRI, and a barium swallow to test her gastrointestinal tract.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

In total, she has spent three months in hospital on intravenous antibiotics, had eight CT scans, six endoscopies and one major operation.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024

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

All the volunteers had inflammatory bowel disease and were scheduled for routine endoscopies.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 15, 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 Chevalier Jackson

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