sigmoidoscopy

American  

[sig-moi-dos-kuh-pee] / ˌsɪg mɔɪˈdɒs kə pi /

noun

plural

sigmoidoscopies

1. an examination by means of a sigmoidoscope.

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Etymology

Origin of sigmoidoscopy

First recorded in 1895–1900; sigmoidoscope + -y ³

Example Sentences

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

He performed a sigmoidoscopy, a procedure that uses a scope to examine the lower part of the colon.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

After about 12 years of follow-up, there were 21 percent fewer cases of colon cancer and 26 percent fewer deaths from the disease in the group assigned to get sigmoidoscopy.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2012

There was no difference between the two groups in deaths from proximal colon cancer, which is cancer higher up in the intestines and beyond the reach of the sigmoidoscopy scope.

From Reuters • May 21, 2012