Colonoscopy

Definition: Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy

Noun

1. Visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation.

Specialty Definition: Colonoscopy

Domain	Definition
Health	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon. (references)
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Crosswords: Colonoscopy

Specialty definitions using "colonoscopy": Bowel Prep ♦ computed tomography colography. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Colonoscopy

Domain	Title
Books	Gastrointestinal pan-endoscopy; esophagoscopy, gastroscopy, bulbar and postbulbar duodenoscopy, procto-sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and peritoneoscopy (reference) Atlas of Virtual Colonoscopy (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Colonoscopy

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The doctor may also do a colonoscopy. (references)
		An examination of the rectum and entire colon is called a colonoscopy. (references)
		On colonoscopy, petechiae, aphthous ulcers and erythema may be observed. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Colonoscopy

"Colonoscopy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Colonoscopy" is used about 118 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%	118	29,674

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

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Expression: Colonoscopy

Expression using "colonoscopy": virtual colonoscopy. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Colonoscopy

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	Expression	Frequency per Day
colonoscopy	1,706	colonoscopy examination	5
virtual colonoscopy	153	colonoscopy polyp	5
colonoscopy prep	51	colonoscopy post	5
colonoscopy procedure	49	colonoscopy information	5
colonoscopy preparation	47	colonoscopy sedation	4
colonoscopy picture	20	alternative colonoscopy	4
colonoscopy complication	16	colonoscopy image	4
colonoscopy risk	15	colonoscopy endoscopy	4
colonoscopy couric katie	12	colonoscopy perforation	4
colonoscopy cost	12	colonoscopy diet prep	3
colonoscopy test	12	colonoscopy result	3
video colonoscopy	9	after colonoscopy pain	3
colonoscopy preparing	7	anaesthesia colonoscopy	3
colonoscopy polyps	7	colonoscopy prepare	3
colonoscopy joke	7	colonoscopy frequency	3
screening colonoscopy	6	colonoscopy humor	3
colonoscopy diet	6	bag colonoscopy	3
colonoscopy effects side	6	colonoscopy pain	3
colonoscopy invasive non	5	colonoscopy picture procedure	3
colonoscopy photo	5	colonoscopy noninvasive	2
		center colonoscopy georgia imaging mri virtual	2
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Anagrams: Colonoscopy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-l-n-o-o-o-o-p-s-y"
	-4 letters: cocoons, cyclops.
	-5 letters: cocoon, colons, colony, consol, coocoo, cyclos, pylons, snoopy, spoony.
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