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Definition: Colonoscope |
ColonoscopeNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A thin, lighted tube used to examine the inside of the colon. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Colonoscope |
| English words defined with "colonoscope": colonoscopy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "colonoscope": Colonoscopic Polypectomy. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
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 |
colonoscope | 6 |
colonoscope olympus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 colonoscopio. (various references) | ||||||||||
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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