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colonoscope

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co·lon·o·scope (k-ln-skp, k-)
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.

Colonoscope
A thin, flexible, hollow, lighted tube that in inserted through the rectum into the colon to enable the doctor to view the entire lining of the colon.
Mentioned in: Colonoscopy

colonoscope
[kō′lənōskōp′]
Etymology: Gk, kolon + skopein, to watch
a long, flexible endoscope, usually fiberoptic, that permits examination of the interior of the entire colon. See also endoscope.

colonoscope
an elongated flexible fiberoptic endoscope which permits visual examination of the lining of the entire colon.

colonoscope
GI disease A flexible lighted fiberoptic endoscope inserted per rectum to perform colonoscopy, which is equipped with optics to allow the examiner to see and photograph the mucosa, and channels for obtaining a biopsy, or to spritz air through the colonoscope to improve visualization. See Colonoscopy. Cf Virtual colonoscopy.


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The colonoscope is inserted into the anus and gently guided to the cecum, the first part of you digestive tract.
The application extended from Ogden's anus to her cecum, about 150 centimeters away, which is as far into the intestinal tract as a colonoscope can reach.
To perform a colonoscopy, the doctor uses a flexible tube with a light on the end called a colonoscope to view the entire colon.
 
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