Endoscopy

Definition: Endoscopy

Endoscopy

Noun

1. Visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope.

Specialty Definitions: Endoscopy

Domain	Definitions
Health	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery performed on interior parts of the body. (references)
Medicine	Visual examination of interior structures of the body with an endoscope. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Endoscopy

English words defined with "endoscopy": endoscopic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "endoscopy": Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde ♦ Endoscopy, Digestive System, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Endosonography, European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ♦ Helicobacter heilmannii ♦ Upper GI Endoscopy. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Endoscopy

Domain	Title
Books	Atlas of Gynecologic Endoscopy (reference) Endoscopy (reference) Fiberoptic Endoscopy and the Difficult Airway (reference) Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (reference) Johns Hopkins Manual for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Nursing (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Digestive Endoscopy (reference) Complications Of Laparoscopy & Flexible Endoscopy - Cd-rom (reference) Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques (reference) Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics Of North America (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Endoscopy

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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).		Gastric endoscopy ... uses a flexible fibre-optic ... / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Breitenbach..
	Therapeutic Endoscopy And Bleeding Ulcers.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Endoscopy

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Small bowel endoscopy, or enteroscopy, is a new procedure using a long endoscope. (references)
		Barium x-rays, in general, are less accurate than endoscopy in locating bleeding sites. (references)
		Ménétrier's disease is diagnosed through x-rays, endoscopy, and biopsy of stomach tissue. (references)
Business		Among these products are disposable surgical supplies, rental fees for surgical equipment, bone cement injection equipment for orthopedic surgery, trocar for endoscopy, certain products for percutaneous coronary artery stenting, syringes and needles. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Endoscopy

"Endoscopy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Endoscopy" is used about 351 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%	351	15,240

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Endoscopy

Expressions using "endoscopy": European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ♦ Upper GI Endoscopy. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Endoscopy

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
endoscopy	542
upper endoscopy	36
capsule endoscopy	33
gastrointestinal endoscopy	31
stryker endoscopy	29
endoscopy procedure	21
surgical endoscopy	14
karl storz endoscopy	11
nasal endoscopy	11
upper gi endoscopy	10
endoscopy repair	9
smith nephew endoscopy	9
olympus endoscopy	8
endoscopy instrument	7
center endoscopy	6
endoscopy image software	6
endoscopy gastrointestinal journal	6
endoscopy flexible	6
rigid endoscopy	5
endoscopy market	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Endoscopy

Language		Translations for "endoscopy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		内窥镜检察. (various references)

Danish		endoskopi (organoscopy). (various references)

Dutch		endoscopie (organoscopy). (various references)

Finnish		esofagogastroduodenaalinen fiberoskopia (upper endoscopy), sylkirauhasten tähystys (salivary gland endoscopy). (various references)

French		endoscopie (f), endoscopie (incidental light endoscopy), organoscopie. (various references)

German		Endoskopie (organoscopy). (various references)

Greek		ενδοσκόπηση (introspection, organoscopy, soul searching), ενδοσκοπία (organoscopy). (various references)

Italian		endoscopia (organoscopy). (various references)

Pig Latin		endoscopyay

Portuguese		endoscopia (organoscopy). (various references)

Romanian		endoscopie. (various references)

Spanish		organoscopia (organoscopy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Endoscopy"

Words rhyming with "endoscopy" (pronounced 'En*dos"co*py'): Abdominoscopy, AEolotropy, Aeroscopy, Anthroposcopy, Antitypy, Apanthropy, Aphilanthropy, Astroscopy, Auriscopy, Autotypy, balneotherapy, Bumblepuppy, Cerebroscopy, Chappy, Chirrupy, Choppy, Concupy, Courtepy, Cranioscopy, Cuppy, Cynanthropy, Daguerreotypy, Deuteroscopy, Ectopy, Electro-bioscopy, Electrotypy, Emmetropy, Episcopy, Floppy, fluoroscopy, Fool-happy, Galvanoscopy, gastroscopy, Geloscopy, Geoscopy, Happy, harpy, Heliotypy, Hemitropy, Hepatoscopy, Hieroscopy, Homotypy, horoscopy, hydrotherapy, Ichnoscopy, isotropy, Knappy, Laryngoscopy, Lithotypy, Loppy, lycanthropy, Magnetotherapy, Manoscopy, Metallotherapy, Metoposcopy, microscopy, misanthropy, Mishappy, Myopy, Nauscopy, Nyctalopy, Oneiroscopy, Onomatopy, Ophthalmoscopy, Organoscopy, Ornithoscopy, orthoepy, Otoscopy, Ouroscopy, Overcanopy, Overhappy, Pappy, Paspy, Philanthropy, Phonotypy, Phototherapy, Phototypy, Physianthropy, Pneumotherapy, Polariscopy, Preoccupy, Presbyopy, Psilanthropy, Psychotherapy, Radioscopy, Radiotherapy, Reoccupy, Retinoscopy, rhinoscopy, scrappy, Serotherapy, Serum-therapy, Shoppy, slippy, sloppy, snappy, soppy, Spattling-poppy, stereoscopy, Stereotypy, Stethoscopy, Synepy, Telescopy, Theanthropy, Theophilanthropy, therapy, thermotherapy, Thermotypy, Tittuppy, Tracheoscopy, Trappy, unhappy, Uranoscopy, Urethroscopy, Uroscopy, Zoanthropy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Endoscopy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-n-o-o-p-s-y"
	-2 letters: condoes, ecdyson, scooped, secondo, snooped, spooned, spooney, syncope.
	-3 letters: codens, codons, condos, coneys, cooeys, cooped, copens, decoys, doyens, nodose, noosed, odeons, ponced, ponces, scoped, second, snoopy, spoony, synced.
	-4 letters: coden, codes, codon, coeds, condo, coned, cones, coney, cooed, cooey, coons, coops, coped, copen, copes, copse, cosey, coyed, decos, decoy, donsy, dopes, dopey, doyen, dynes, nodes, noose, nosed, nosey, odeon, onces, opens, pends, peons, peony, poesy, ponce, ponds, pones, poods, poons, posed, scend, scone, scoop, scope, sepoy, snood, snoop, sonde, sooey, spend, spode, spoon, synod.
	-5 letters: ceps, code, cods, coed, cone, cons, cony, coon, coop, coos, cope, cops, copy, cosy, coys, deco, dens, deny, deys, docs, does, done, dons, dope, dopy, dose, dyes, dyne, ends, eons, epos, espy, node, nods, noes, nope, nose, nosy, odes, once, ones, oops, oped, open, opes, oyes, pecs, peds, pend, pens, peon, peso, poco, pods, pond, pone, pons, pony, pood, poon, pose, posy, pyes, scop, send, sned, snye, sone, soon, spec, sped, syce, sync, syne, yens, yods, yond.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-n-o-o-p-s-y"
	+4 letters: compendiously, postsecondary.
	+5 letters: correspondency, endoscopically.
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