Endoscope

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an instrument used to examine a bodily orifice or canal, or a hollow organ
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A diagnostic instrument designed for obtaining a view of some internal part of the body, especially the bladder, uterus, and stomach.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
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    medical instrument   
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