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proctoscopy

[ prok-tos-kuh-pee ]

/ prɒkˈtɒs kə pi /

noun, plural proc·tos·co·pies.

examination by means of a proctoscope.

Words nearby proctoscopy

proctoptosia, proctor, proctorrhaphy, proctorrhea, proctoscope, proctoscopy, proctosigmoidectomy, proctosigmoiditis, proctosigmoidoscope, proctosigmoidoscopy, proctospasm

Origin of proctoscopy

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

OTHER WORDS FROM proctoscopy

proc·tos·co·pist, noun

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