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SIGMOIDOSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sigmoidoscopy mean? 

SIGMOIDOSCOPY (noun)
  The noun SIGMOIDOSCOPY has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


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

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


 Context examples 


Your doctor may also do a test called a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.

(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Here are the names of some of them and where they look.: • Arthroscopy: joints • Bronchoscopy: lungs • Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy: large intestine • Cystoscopy and ureteroscopy: urinary system • Laparoscopy: abdomen or pelvis • Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: esophagus and stomach

(Endoscopy, NIH)



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