endoscopy
US/ɛnˈdɔ.skə.pi/
endoscopy noun: the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
Noun
endoscopy (plural endoscopies)
- 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
- 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.2023 May 26, Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, “As colorectal cancer rises among younger adults, some seek colonoscopies earlier”, in CNN
endoscopy meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Persian
endoscopy in Tamil
- உடற்குழாய் உள்நோக்கல், உடல் உள் நோக்கல்
endoscopy in Malay
- examination using an endoscope
- endoskopi
endoscopy in Indonesian
- examination using an endoscope
- endoskopi
endoscopy in Persian
- examination using an endoscope
- آندوسکوپی ândoskopi
Examples of endoscopy in a sentence
- A diagnostic workup with endoscopy found punched-out lesions in the stomach.
- Safety of endocytoscopy is comparable to a standard flexible diagnostic endoscopy.
- This marked the beginning of a new era in otorhinolaryngology—the era of endoscopy.
Forms of endoscopy
| plural | endoscopies |
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Origin of endoscopy
From endo- + -scopy.
Words formed from endoscopy
Questions about endoscopy
- What does endoscopy mean?
- Endoscopy means the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
- What is endoscopy in Tamil?
- Endoscopy in Tamil is உடற்குழாய் உள்நோக்கல், உடல் உள் நோக்கல். See Endoscopy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is endoscopy?
- Endoscopy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce endoscopy?
- Endoscopy is pronounced /ɛnˈdɔ.skə.pi/ (US).
- What is the plural of endoscopy?
- The plural of endoscopy is endoscopies.
Words near endoscopy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: endoscopy (page history and authors); endoscopy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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