colonoscopies
colonoscopies is the plural of colonoscopy.
Meaning of colonoscopy
Noun
colonoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural colonoscopies)
- The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.
- Colonoscopy can be expected to identify lesions missed on barium enema, such as small polyps and angiodysplasia. […] Often the preparation of the colon is not ideal, and this can add to the difficulty of performing colonoscopy and interpreting the findings. Tedesco and colleagues reported the...1985, William S. Howland, Graziano C. Carlon, editors, Critical Care of the Cancer Patient, Year Book Medical Publishers, →ISBN, page 100
Questions about colonoscopies
- What is colonoscopies the plural of?
- Colonoscopies is the plural of colonoscopy.
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