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Definitions for endoscope
ˈɛn dəˌskoʊpen·do·scope

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. endoscopenoun

    a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery

GCIDE

  1. Endoscopenoun

    An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

Wiktionary

  1. endoscopenoun

    an instrument used to examine a bodily orifice or canal, or a hollow organ

Wikipedia

  1. Endoscope

    An endoscope is an inspection instrument composed of image sensor, optical lens, light source and mechanical device, which is used to look deep into the body by way of openings such as the mouth or anus. A typical endoscope applies several modern technologies including optics, ergonomics, precision mechanics, electronics, and software engineering. With an endoscope, it is possible to observe lesions that cannot be detected by X-ray, making it useful in medical diagnosis. Endoscopes use tubes which are only a few millimeters thick to transfer illumination in one direction and high-resolution images in real time in the other direction, resulting in minimally invasive surgeries. It is used to examine the internal organs like the throat or esophagus. Specialized instruments are named after their target organ. Examples include the cystoscope (bladder), nephroscope (kidney), bronchoscope (bronchus), arthroscope (joints) and colonoscope (colon), and laparoscope (abdomen or pelvis). They can be used to examine visually and diagnose, or assist in surgery such as an arthroscopy.

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  1. endoscope

    An endoscope is a medical instrument used for visual examination and diagnosis of internal organs and structures within the body. It consists of a long, thin, flexible or rigid tube with a light source and a camera or eyepiece on one end which projects images onto a screen. It is usually introduced into the body through natural openings or small incisions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Endoscopenoun

    an instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder

  2. Etymology: [Endo- + -scope.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of endoscope in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of endoscope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of endoscope in a Sentence

  1. Jeffrey Duchin:

    We determined that the endoscope manufacturer's, as well as the federal government's, recommended guidelines for processing the scopes are inadequate.

  2. Margrit Gabriele Müller:

    It functions exactly the same way as a human hospital, the birds come to the general check-up area where we see if there's something wrong, if they need some further examination, like X-ray or endoscope, and if they require surgery.

  3. Aoi Sedarat:

    It does happen, at times, you have to fish [the obstruction] out with an endoscope.

  4. Virginia Mason Medical Center:

    This is a national problem, we determined that the endoscope manufacturer's, as well as the federal government's, recommended guidelines for processing the scopes are inadequate.

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