Tom had a colonoscopy.
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Colonoscopy
//ˌkɒ.ləˈnɒ.skə.pi//
Synonyms for "colonoscopy"
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32 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَنْظِير الْقُولُون noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Belarusian
2 entries- каланаскапія noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
- калонаскапія noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Bulgarian
1 entries- колоноскопия noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Catalan
1 entries- colonoscòpia noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 大腸鏡 /大肠镜 noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
- 大腸鏡檢查 /大肠镜检查 noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 大腸鏡 /大肠镜 noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
- 大腸鏡檢查 /大肠镜检查 noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Czech
2 entries- kolonoskopie noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
- koloskopie noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Dutch
1 entries- colonoscopie noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Finnish
2 entries- kolonoskopia noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
- paksusuolentähystys noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
French
2 entries- colonoscopie noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
- coloscopie noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
German
3 entries- Colonoskopie noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
- Darmspiegelung noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
- Koloskopie noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Greek
1 entries- κολονοσκόπηση noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Hungarian
1 entries- béltükrözés noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Icelandic
1 entries- ristilspeglun noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Italian
1 entries- coloscopia noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Japanese
1 entries- 大腸内視鏡 noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Korean
1 entries- 대장내시경 noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Polish
1 entries- kolonoskopia noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Portuguese
1 entries- colonoscopia noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Russian
1 entries- колоноскопи́я noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Spanish
1 entries- colonoscopia noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Swedish
1 entries- koloskopi noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Turkish
1 entries- kolonoskopi noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nội soi đại tràng noun (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom's friend will have a colonoscopy tomorrow.
Source: tatoeba (5158792)
After his colonoscopy, Tom learned that he had cancer. The surgeon cut out and removed the part of his sigmoid colon in which a tumour had been growing, and with staples she fashioned a new splice from the two shorter and cut-through ends. Because of his good health, he healed quickly and after only three days was discharged from the hospital.
Source: tatoeba (5248987)
To do a colonoscopy, doctors insert a flexible probe with a very small camera into the patient's colon to examine the intestinal wall. An independent panel of experts in primary care and disease prevention has recommended that the procedure be done every ten years.
Source: tatoeba (12222255)
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