COLONOSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colonoscopy mean? 

• COLONOSCOPY (noun)
  The noun COLONOSCOPY has 1 sense:

1. visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation

  Familiarity information: COLONOSCOPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLONOSCOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("colonoscopy" is a kind of...):

endoscopy (visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope)

 Context examples 

Mammograms and colonoscopies are examples of diagnostic procedures.

(Diagnostic procedure, NCI Dictionary)

Also called computed tomographic colonography, computed tomography colonography, CT colonography, and virtual colonoscopy.

(CTC, NCI Dictionary)

Also called computed tomographic colonography, computed tomography colonography, CTC, and virtual colonoscopy.

(CT colonography, NCI Dictionary)

Your doctor will diagnose Crohn's disease with a physical exam, lab tests, imaging tests, and a colonoscopy.

(Crohn's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Mammograms and colonoscopies are examples of diagnostic tests.

(Diagnostic test, NCI Dictionary)

Examples of cancer screening tests are the mammogram (breast), colonoscopy (colon), Pap smear (cervix), and PSA blood level and digital rectal exam (prostate).

(Disease Screening, NCI Dictionary)

Your doctor may also do a test called a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.

(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A colonoscopy performed for screening or diagnostic purposes that is used as a baseline procedure to compare with future follow-up colonoscopies.

(Index Colonoscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of endoscopy called colonoscopy looks at the large intestine.

(Gastrointestinal Bleeding, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

For example, it is often found during a colonoscopy to screen for cancer.

(Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)