Tom had a colonoscopy.
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Colonoscopy
/ˌkɒ.ləˈnɒ.skə.pi/
Synonyms for "colonoscopy" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
colonic endoscopy
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Noun(1 words)
endoscopic colon examination
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Noun(1 words)
lower gi endoscopy
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4 entriesdiagnostic colonoscopypediatric colonoscopyscreening colonoscopytherapeutic colonoscopy
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6 entriescolonoscopy findingscolonoscopy prepcolonoscopy procedurepediatric colonoscopyscreening colonoscopytherapeutic colonoscopy
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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.
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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.
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