gastroscope

American  

[gas-truh-skohp] / ˈgæs trəˌskoʊp /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.

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gastroscope British  

/ ˌɡæstrəˈskɒpɪk, ɡæsˈtrɒskəpɪst, ˈɡæstrəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. a medical instrument for examining the interior of the stomach

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Other Word Forms

• gastroscopic adjective
• gastroscopist noun
• gastroscopy noun

Etymology

Origin of gastroscope

First recorded in 1885–90; gastro- + -scope

Example Sentences

If you look at a surgical gastroscope, this is a beautiful piece of technology, wonderfully made.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 16, 2012

Through the gastroscope the doctors saw most of the 16 glistening pink stomachs turn at once to a "dusky red."

From Time Magazine Archive

But until Dr. Schindler invented the flexible gastroscope in 1932, gastroscopy was seldom practiced, for it was difficult, dangerous, painful.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gastroscope has also demonstrated the frequency of chronic inflammation of the stomach.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gastroscopes.—The gastroscope is of the same construction as the esophagoscope, with the exception that it is made longer, in order to reach all parts of the stomach.

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