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proctoscopy

American

[prok-tos-kuh-pee] / prɒkˈtɒs kə pi /

noun

plural

proctoscopies

examination by means of a proctoscope.

Other Word Forms

proctoscopist noun

Etymology

Origin of proctoscopy

First recorded in 1895–1900; procto- + -scopy

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