n.
A long flexible endoscope, often equipped with a device for obtaining tissue samples, that is used for visual examination of the colon. Also called coloscope.
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A long flexible endoscope, often equipped with a device for obtaining tissue samples, that is used for visual examination of the colon. Also called coloscope.
| Veterinary Dictionary: colonoscope |
An elongated flexible fiberoptic endoscope which permits visual examination of the lining of the entire colon.
| WordNet: colonoscope |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum
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