ENDOSCOPIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endoscopic mean? 

• ENDOSCOPIC (adjective)
  The adjective ENDOSCOPIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to endoscopy

  Familiarity information: ENDOSCOPIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOSCOPIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to endoscopy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

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

 Context examples 

A therapeutic endoscopic procedure performed to remove adenomas from the ampulla of Vater.

(Ampullectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called endoscopic ultrasound and endosonography.

(EUS, NCI Dictionary)

A classification system for the endoscopic assessment of reflux esophagitis based on the number and extent of mucosal breaks and their relationships to the mucosal folds and esophageal circumference.

(Los Angeles Classification System, NCI Thesaurus)

Endoscopic examination of the esophagus and stomach.

(Esophagogastroscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

The colorectal adenomas are detected during endoscopic examination between the age of 10 and 20 years.

(Familial adenomatous polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)

An endoscopic finding indicating the presence of a wide-opened papilla filled with mucin.

(Fish-Mouth Papilla with Mucin Hypersecretion, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called PEG tube and percutaneous endoscopic tube.

(Gastrostomy tube, NCI Dictionary)

This may result in a suppression of gastric peristalsis and may be beneficial during upper GI endoscopic procedures.

(L-menthol Preparation NPO-11, NCI Thesaurus)

Any endoscopic procedure that visualizes a part of the gastrointestinal tract.

(Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

An endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenum.

(Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, NCI Thesaurus)