gastroscopy

American  

[ga-stros-kuh-pee] / gæˈstrɒs kə pi /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

• gastroscopies
  plural

1. the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gastroscopies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gastroscopy

First recorded in 1850–55; gastro- + -scopy

Example Sentences

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gastroscopy gastroscopies

The 82-year-old had a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy on Jan. 8, followed by a biopsy, his office said last month.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

Cancer Research UK identified eight of the tests included in the figures that are predominantly used for cancer, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy and MRI.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022

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

From Time Magazine Archive

These should be removed by gastroscopy when such decision is made.

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

Chloroform should not be used for esophagoscopy or gastroscopy because of its depressant action on the respiratory center.

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

All of the recent gastroscopies in the Bronchoscopic Clinic, however, have been performed without anesthesia.

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