sigmoidoscopy
Americannoun
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sigmoidoscopies
plural
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Etymology
Origin of sigmoidoscopy
First recorded in 1895–1900; sigmoidoscope + -y 3
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And unlike a sigmoidoscopy, a colonoscopy also examines the right side of the colon, where polyps could hide and turn into cancer, too.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2022
These could be a colonoscopy - a procedure which uses a camera inside a long tube to look inside the whole bowel - or a flexible sigmoidoscopy, which looks at part of it.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2022
All participants had a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy to check for colon polyps - which can develop into cancer if not removed - sometime before mid-2007.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2012
The new study shows that the simpler test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, can be a good option.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2012
Tests such as sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy can find premalignant polyps.
From Washington Post
The trials analyzed in the Lancet paper were done before the widespread introduction of screening tests like sigmoidoscopies and colonoscopies.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2010
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