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ləˈnɒs noun Medicine/Medical.
visual inspection of the interior of the colon with a flexible, lighted tube inserted through the rectum.
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colonoscope (kəˈlɒnəˌskəʊp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| an instrument for examining the colon, consisting of a flexible lighted tube that is inserted in the colon to look for abnormalities and to remove them or take tissue samples | |
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Colonoscopy
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Medical Dictionary
colonoscopy co·lon·os·co·py (kō'lə-nŏs'kə-pē)
n.
Examination of the inner surface of the colon by means of a colonoscope. Also called coloscopy.
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Science Dictionary
| colonoscopy (kō'lə-nŏs'kə-pē) Pronunciation Key
Inspection of the interior surface of the colon with a flexible endoscope that is equipped to obtain tissue samples and inserted through the rectum. |
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Example sentences
The doctor removes a piece of tissue from your large intestine during a colonoscopy.
Not everyone has the guts to write an ode to colonoscopy.
Let's be honest: nobody really wants to get a colonoscopy, even if the procedure is crucial in finding nascent tumors.
Colonoscopy may be used to remove air from the large intestine.
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