colonoscopy

[ koh-luh-nos-kuh-pee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

visual inspection of the interior of the colon with a flexible, lighted tube inserted through the rectum.

colonoscopy

/ kō′lə-nŏs′kə-pē /

Inspection of the interior surface of the colon with a flexible endoscope that is equipped to obtain tissue samples and inserted through the rectum.

For some mysterious reason, colonoscopy providers are not held to these same standards despite a similar rate of complications.

Even just sitting at the breakfast table, he looked like he'd prefer to be having a colonoscopy.

The Wall Street Journal today has a big splash, "CT Scans Gain Favor as Option for Colonoscopy."

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