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ERCP

ERCP is the initialism of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

Meaning of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Noun

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (countable and uncountable, plural endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies, abbreviation ERCP)

  1. A specialized procedure that combines endoscopy and X-ray imaging to both diagnose and treat conditions of the bile ducts, pancreatic duct, and gallbladder. An endoscope is passed through the mouth into the duodenum, where contrast dye is injected into the ducts and visualized using fluoroscopy.

Noun capitalized: eRCP

eRCP (plural eRCPs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, object-oriented programming) Initialism of embedded Rich Client Platform.

Forms of ERCP

pluraleRCPs

Questions about ERCP

What is ERCP the initialism of?
ERCP is the initialism of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
What part of speech is ERCP?
ERCP is a noun.
What is the plural of ERCP?
The plural of ERCP is eRCPs.

Words near ERCP in the dictionary

  1. Ercles
  2. Ercolani
  3. Ercolanis
  4. Ercoline
  5. ERCOT
  6. ERCP
  7. eRCPs
  8. ERCS
  9. erd
  10. erd shrew
  11. erd shrews

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ERCP (page history and authors); eRCP (page history and authors); endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (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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