n.
A tubular instrument for visual examination of the sigmoid colon.
sigmoidoscopic sig·moid'o·scop'ic (-skŏp'ĭk) adj.
sigmoidoscopy sig'moid·os'co·py (sĭg'moi-dŏs'kə-pē) n.
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