Proctosigmoidoscopy

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Noun
  1. 1
    A combined proctoscopy and sigmoidoscopy.

    "Proctosigmoidoscopy revealed many ulcerations with slightly raises, sharply defined edges."

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"Proctosigmoidoscopy revealed many ulcerations with slightly raises, sharply defined edges."

Etymology

From procto- + sigmoidoscopy.

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