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Proctoscopy

Definition: Proctoscopy

Proctoscopy

Noun

1. Visual examination of the rectum and the end of the colon by means of a proctoscope.

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

"Proctoscopy" is a common misspelling or typo for: photocopy.


Specialty Definition: Proctoscopy

DomainDefinition

Health

Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the rectum. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Proctoscopy

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Examination of the rectal mucosa by proctoscopy (or directly in case of prolapses) can occasionally demonstrate adult worms. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Proctoscopy

"Proctoscopy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proctoscopy" is used about 2 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%2245,945

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Proctoscopy

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

proctoscopy

14
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Modern Translation: Proctoscopy

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

Danish

  

proktoskopi, rektoskopi. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

proctoscopie, rectoscopie. (various references)

   

French

  

proctoscopie, rectoscopie. (various references)

   

German

  

Proktoskopie, Rektoskopie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρωκτοσκόπηση, ορθοσκόπηση. (various references)

   

Italian

  

proctoscopia, rettoscopia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

octoscopypray

   

Portuguese

  

proctoscopia, rectoscopia. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ректоскопия. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

proctoscopia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Proctoscopy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-t-y"

-3 letters: otoscopy.

-4 letters: cryptos, rococos, stroppy.

-5 letters: coopts, crypto, crypts, oocyst, rococo, scroop, sporty, troops.

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INDEX

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


  

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