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Definition: Endoscope |
EndoscopeNoun1. A long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Endoscope \En"do*scope\, noun. [Endo- -scope.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A thin, lighted tube used to look at tissues inside the body. (references) |
Mining | In gemology, an instrument that affords a magnified image of the drill hole of a pearl, used to distinguish between genuine and cultured pearl. A tiny beam of light is directed into the walls of the drill hole to reveal whether the structure of the pearl's core is concentric (genuine) orparallel (cultured). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Endoscope |
| English words defined with "endoscope": arthroscope ♦ colonoscope, culdoscope ♦ endoscopy ♦ flexible sigmoidoscope ♦ gastroscope ♦ hysteroscopy ♦ laparoscope ♦ proctoscope ♦ sigmoidoscope. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "endoscope": Colposcopy ♦ endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, Endosonography, Enteroscopy, ERCP, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy ♦ Hemostasis, Endoscopic ♦ Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic, Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive ♦ Upper GI Endoscopy. (references) |
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 | Pictured are instruments used in endoscopy. They are highlighted in an otherwise dark picture and lying on a textured cloth. Shown are flexible fibers, a small brush and a third instrument in some photos. The fibers transmit high intensity light through the endoscope shown. The brushes are used to take biopsies.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Shown are surgeons and a nurse performing a Thoracoscopy by which they are examining the pleural cavity by means of an Endoscope to later perform a biopsy.Credit: John Crawford (photographer). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Removal of polyps with an endoscope can control bleeding from colon polyps. (references) | |
Small bowel endoscopy, or enteroscopy, is a new procedure using a long endoscope. (references) | ||
The endoscope is a flexible instrument that can be inserted through the mouth or rectum. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Endoscope" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Endoscope" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 43 | 52,181 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
endoscope | 123 |
endoscope repair | 19 |
endoscope pentax | 8 |
endoscope manufacturer | 6 |
storz endoscope | 4 |
endoscope olympus | 4 |
industrial endoscope | 3 |
endoscope part | 3 |
karl storz endoscope | 3 |
endoscope handyscope | 3 |
endoscope flexible | 3 |
wolf endoscope | 2 |
endoscope procedure | 2 |
endoscope rigid | 2 |
endoscope repair training | 2 |
design endoscope | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "endoscope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | endoskop. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | endoscoop. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | endoscope. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | endoskop. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενδοσκόπιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | endoscopio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 内視鏡 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ないしきょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | endoscopeay endoscópio. (various references) endoscop. (various references) endoskop. (various references) endoskop, vücut içini gösteren alet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "endoscope": endoscopes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "endoscope" (pronounced 'En"do*scope'): Aeroscope, AEthrioscope, Alethoscope, Altiscope, Anamorphoscope, Anemoscope, Angioscope, Anorthoscope, Astroscope, Auriscope, Baroscope, Ceraunoscope, Chromascope, Chromatoscope, Chronoscope, Cyclonoscope, Cycloscope, Cymoscope, Debuscope, Diaphanoscope, Dichroiscope, Dichroscope, Dipleidoscope, Ebullioscope, Echoscope, Engiscope, Galvanoscope, Gasoscope, gastroscope, Graphiscope, gyroscope, Haematoscope, Haemoscope, Hagioscope, Haloscope, Helioscope, horoscope, Hydroscope, hygroscope, Hypnoscope, Iridioscope, Iriscope, Kaleidoscope, Lactoscope, Larungoscope, Leucoscope, Lychnoscope, Manoscope, Meatoscope, Megalethoscope, Megascope, Melanoscope, Meteoroscope, Metroscope, Microspectroscope, Mutoscope, Myrioscope, Nephoscope, Niloscope, Opeidoscope, Ophthalmoscope, Orthoscope, oscilloscope, Otheoscope, Otoscope, Ozonoscope, Pantascope, Periodoscope, Periscope, Phakoscope, Phantascope, Phenakistoscope, Phoneidoscope, Phonoscope, Phosphoroscope, Photoscope, Phototelescope, Pluvioscope, Polariscope, Polemoscope, Polyscope, Praxinoscope, Pseudoscope, Pyroscope, Rheoscope, rhinoscope, Scotoscope, Seismoscope, Sideroscope, spectroscope, Sphygmoscope, Spinthariscope, Spiroscope, Stauroscope, Stereomonoscope, stereoscope, Stomatoscope, stroboscope, Tachistoscope, Tachyscope, Teinoscope, Telegraphoscope, Telelectroscope, Telengiscope, Telepolariscope, Telespectroscope, Telestereoscope, Thermoscope, Trichinoscope, Urethroscope, Vibroscope, Zymoscope. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-n-o-o-p-s" | |
-2 letters: condoes, depones, encodes, scooped, seconde, secondo, snooped, spondee, spooned. | |
-3 letters: censed, codens, codons, condos, cooeed, cooees, cooped, copens, depone, depose, donees, encode, epodes, nodose, noosed, odeons, opened, peones, ponced, ponces, scoped, second, speedo, spence. | |
-4 letters: cedes, cense, cepes, coden, codes, codon, coeds, condo, coned, cones, cooed, cooee, coons, coops, coped, copen, copes, copse, decos, deeps, denes, dense, donee, dopes, epode, needs, neeps, nodes, noose, nosed, odeon, onces, opens, pedes, peens, pence, pends, penes, peons, ponce, ponds, pones, poods, poons, posed, scend, scene, scone, scoop, scope, snood, snoop, sonde, speed, spend, spode, spoon. | |
-5 letters: cede, cees, cepe, ceps, code, cods, coed, cone, cons, coon, coop, coos, cope, cops, deco, deep, dees, dene, dens, docs, does, done, dons, dope, dose, ends, eons, epos, need, neep, node, nods, noes, nope, nose, odes, once, ones, oops, oped, open, opes, pecs, peds, peed, peen, pees, pend, pens, peon, peso, poco, pods, pond, pone, pons, pood, poon, pose, scop, seed, seen, seep, send, sene, sned, sone, soon, spec, sped. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-n-o-o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: endoscopes. | |
+2 letters: endoscopies, zeptosecond. | |
+3 letters: composedness, corespondent, corresponded, counterposed, processioned, undecomposed, zeptoseconds. | |
+4 letters: corespondents, correspondent, counterpoised, decompression, dodecaphonies. | |
+5 letters: composednesses, correspondence, correspondency, correspondents, decompensation, decompressions, indecomposable, postadolescent. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 64 6F 73 63 6F 70 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. -.. --- ... -.-. --- .--. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01100100 01101111 01110011 01100011 01101111 01110000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n d o s c o p e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0064 006F 0073 0063 006F 0070 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398070818569818271 |
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