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/ɛnˈdɔ.skə.pi/ · noun
(medicine) The examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope..
But less complex scopes also pose contamination risks – and they’re used on far more people: Each year in the United States, doctors perform more than 15 million colonoscopies and 7 million endoscopies of the upper GI tract.
One insurance company, UnitedHealthcare, has announced that starting in June, members with commercial plans seeking gastroenterology endoscopy services – including colonoscopies – will be required to have “prior authorizations” for those services.
Use endoscopy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Endoscopy means (medicine) The examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope..
Common synonyms include endoscopy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But less complex scopes also pose contamination risks – and they’re used on far more people: Each year in the United States, doctors perform more than 15 million colonoscopies and 7 million endoscopies of the upper GI tract.
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