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flexible sigmoidoscopy

flexible sigmoidoscopy noun: an intestinal examination from anal insertion using a flexible tube that can follow the intestinal curves.

Noun

flexible sigmoidoscopy (plural flexible sigmoidoscopies)

  1. An intestinal examination from anal insertion using a flexible tube that can follow the intestinal curves.
    • He was the inventor of the procedure for flexible sigmoidoscopy using insufflation (inflating the sigmoid colon with air) that still is practiced today.2004, Daniel B. Silver, Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital Outlasted the Nazis, page 83

Forms of flexible sigmoidoscopy

pluralflexible sigmoidoscopies

Questions about flexible sigmoidoscopy

What does flexible sigmoidoscopy mean?
Flexible sigmoidoscopy means an intestinal examination from anal insertion using a flexible tube that can follow the intestinal curves.
What part of speech is flexible sigmoidoscopy?
Flexible sigmoidoscopy is a noun.
What is the plural of flexible sigmoidoscopy?
The plural of flexible sigmoidoscopy is flexible sigmoidoscopies.

Words near flexible sigmoidoscopy in the dictionary

  1. flexibilizers
  2. flexibilizes
  3. flexibilizing
  4. flexible
  5. flexible sigmoidoscopies
  6. flexible sigmoidoscopy
  7. flexible time
  8. flexible times
  9. flexibleness
  10. flexibles
  11. flexibly

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