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proctoscopies

proctoscopies is the plural of proctoscopy.

Meaning of proctoscopy

Noun

proctoscopy (plural proctoscopies)

  1. The examination of the anal cavity, rectum or sigmoid colon by means of a proctoscope.
    • Proctoscopy was then done and the child was cured promptly by small multiple incisions followed by dilation with the finger and rectal dilators. Perhaps we have "dwelt in a fool's paradise" in not having these patients examined with the proctoscope and treated proctologically and surgically. I have...1927, Joseph Brennemann, “Simple congenital anorectal stricture with megacolon in early infancy: report of six cases”, in Transactions of the Section on Diseases of Children of the American Medical...

Questions about proctoscopies

What is proctoscopies the plural of?
Proctoscopies is the plural of proctoscopy.

Words near proctoscopies in the dictionary

  1. proctorships
  2. proctoscope
  3. proctoscopes
  4. proctoscopic
  5. proctoscopically
  6. proctoscopies
  7. proctoscopy
  8. proctosigmoidectomies
  9. proctosigmoidectomy
  10. proctosigmoiditis
  11. proctosigmoidoscope

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