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choledochoscopy

choledochoscopy noun: a diagnostic procedure where a small endoscope is inserted into the common bile duct to directly visualize its inside.

Noun

choledochoscopy (plural choledochoscopies)

  1. A diagnostic procedure where a small endoscope is inserted into the common bile duct to directly visualize its inside.
    • Two weeks after the procedure, choledochoscopy indicated that RFA was able to induce some destruction of local tumor tissue.2015 August 5, Xu-Hua Duan et al., “Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation Followed by Locoregional Tumor Treatments for Treating Occluded Biliary Stents in Non-Resectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction...

Forms of choledochoscopy

pluralcholedochoscopies

Origin of choledochoscopy

From choledocho- + -scopy.

Questions about choledochoscopy

What does choledochoscopy mean?
Choledochoscopy means a diagnostic procedure where a small endoscope is inserted into the common bile duct to directly visualize its inside.
What part of speech is choledochoscopy?
Choledochoscopy is a noun.
What is the plural of choledochoscopy?
The plural of choledochoscopy is choledochoscopies.

Words near choledochoscopy in the dictionary

  1. choledochorrhaphies
  2. choledochorrhaphy
  3. choledochoscope
  4. choledochoscopes
  5. choledochoscopies
  6. choledochoscopy
  7. choledochostomies
  8. choledochostomy
  9. choledochotomies
  10. choledochotomy
  11. choledochs

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