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Colonoscope

Definition: Colonoscope

Colonoscope

Noun

1. An elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Colonoscope

DomainDefinition

Health

A thin, lighted tube used to examine the inside of the colon. (references)

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Crosswords: Colonoscope

English words defined with "colonoscope": colonoscopy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "colonoscope": Colonoscopic Polypectomy. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Colonoscope

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

If an abnormality is seen, the doctor can use the colonoscope to remove a small piece of tissue for examination (biopsy). (references)

To perform a colonoscopy, the doctor uses a flexible tube with a light on the end called a colonoscope to view the entire colon. (references)

Or, to examine the entire colon and rectum, a lighted instrument called a colonoscope is used. If abnormal areas are seen, tissue can be removed and examined under a microscope. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Colonoscope

"Colonoscope" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Colonoscope" is used about 10 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%10111,207

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Colonoscope

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

colonoscope

6

colonoscope olympus

2
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Modern Translation: Colonoscope

Language Translations for "colonoscope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

coloskop, colonoskop. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

colonoscoop. (various references)

   

French

  

appareil pour comptage des germes. (various references)

   

German

  

Kolonoskop. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olonoscopecay

   

Spanish

  

colonoscopio. (various references)

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Anagrams: Colonoscope

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-l-n-o-o-o-o-p-s"

-4 letters: cocoons, colones, console.

-5 letters: clones, cocoon, colone, colons, consol, coocoo, copens, locoes, loosen, ponces, sconce.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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