endoscopies

Noun

endoscopy (plural endoscopies)

1. 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.2018 August 3, Emily Bazar, “Questions to ask before a colonoscopy to avoid dangerous infections”, in CNN