Endoscopy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛnˈdɔ.skə.pi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Endoscopy is a noun meaning (medicine) The examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
Meaning
(medicine) The examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- endoscopies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include endoscopic, gastroscopy, abdominoscopy, echoendoscopy, ecoendoscopy, tuboscopy.
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