Colonoscope

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon and obtain tissue samples
  2. 2
    an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum wordnet

Etymology

From colon + -o- + -scope.

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