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proctoscopy

American

[prok-tos-kuh-pee] / prɒkˈtɒs kə pi /

noun

examination by means of a proctoscope.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

proctoscopist

noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

proctoscopies

plural

Etymology

Origin of proctoscopy

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

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