FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flexible sigmoidoscopy mean? 

• FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY (noun)
  The noun FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY has 1 sense:

1. visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps

  Familiarity information: FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flexible sigmoidoscopy; sigmoidoscopy

Hypernyms ("flexible sigmoidoscopy" is a kind of...):

endoscopy (visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope)