ENDOSCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endoscope mean? 

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

1. a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOSCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

medical instrument (instrument used in the practice of medicine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endoscope"):

arthroscope (a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination)

colonoscope (an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum)

culdoscope (a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs)

gastroscope (a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach)

laparoscope (a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery)

proctoscope (an endoscope for examining the rectum)

flexible sigmoidoscope; sigmoidoscope (an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon)

Derivation:

endoscopic (of or relating to endoscopy)

 Context examples 

An endoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing.

(Endoscopic Procedure, NCI Dictionary)

An examination of the body using an endoscope.

(Endoscopic Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

In the case of an endoscopic biopsy, an endoscope is used to obtain the sample.

(Endoscopic Biopsy, NCI Thesaurus)

An endoscopic technique that allows deep intubation of the small intestine while using a standard endoscope.

(Balloon-Guided Endoscopic Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

The endoscope is passed through the mouth and down into the first part of the small intestine (duodenum).

(Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure in which an endoscope is inserted into the body.

(Endoscopic ultrasound, NCI Dictionary)

It may also be done to look at the kidney using an endoscope (thin, lighted tube attached to a camera), to place anticancer drugs directly into the kidney, or to remove kidney stones.

(Nephrostomy, NCI Dictionary)

An endoscope with an ultrasound probe and a biopsy needle at the end is inserted through the mouth into the esophagus.

(Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration, NCI Dictionary)

The use of ultrasound imaging for real-time guidance of an endoscope for a biopsy procedure.

(Endoscopic Ultrasound Biopsy, NCI Thesaurus)

An endoscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may have a tool to remove tissue.

(Endoscope, NCI Dictionary)