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colonoscope

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon and obtain tissue samples

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: endoscope

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English colono- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English colonoscope From colono- + -scope.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: колоноскоп (kolonoskop) — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Catalan: colonoscopi — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大腸鏡 /大肠镜 (dàchángjìng) — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腸鏡 /肠镜 (chángjìng) — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結腸鏡 /结肠镜 (jiéchángjìng) — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • German: Koloskop — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Icelandic: ristilspegill — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Italian: colonscopio — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Portuguese: colonoscópio — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Romanian: colonoscop — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Spanish: colonoscopio — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon
  • Swedish: koloskop — flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon