Endoscope

n.

1.

(Med.) 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.

Noun

1.

endoscope - a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery

Pronunciation: (EN-doh-skohp)

A small, flexible tube with a light and a lens on the end. It is used to look into the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, colon, or rectum. It can also be used to take tissue from the body for testing or to take color photographs of the inside of the body. Col

arthroscope, colonoscope, culdoscope, flexible sigmoidoscope, gastroscope, laparoscope, medical instrument, proctoscope, sigmoidoscope