Crosby capsule

Cros·by cap·sule

(kroz'bē),

an attachment to the end of a flexible tube, used for peroral biopsy of the small intestine, by which a piece of mucosa is sucked into an opening in the capsule and cut off.

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Crosby capsule

A spring-loaded device on the end of a fine tube that is swallowed and then triggered to obtain a sample of the lining of the JEJUNUM for microscopic examination for the diagnosis of malabsorption disorders. (William Holmes Crosby, American physician, B. 1914).

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Crosby,

William Holmes, Jr., U.S. physician, 1914–.

Crosby capsule - an attachment to the end of a flexible tube used for peroral biopsy of the small intestine.

Crosby syndrome - recessive trait causing hemolytic anemia.

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