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endoscope

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An instrument used to examine a bodily orifice or canal, or a hollow organ.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scope, instrument, device

2

noun

Meaning 2

a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medical instrument

Narrower terms: arthroscope, colonoscope, culdoscope, gastroscope, laparoscope, proctoscope, sigmoidoscope, flexible sigmoidoscope

History

Etymology

From endo- + -scope.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: endoskoop — instrument
  • Albanian: endoskop — instrument
  • Bashkir: эндоскоп (endoskop) — instrument
  • Basque: endoskopio — instrument
  • Belarusian: эндаскоп (endaskóp) — instrument
  • Bulgarian: ендоскоп (endoskop) — instrument
  • Catalan: endoscopi — instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內窺鏡 /内窥镜 (nèikuījìng) — instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內視鏡 /内视镜 (nèishìjìng) — instrument
  • Czech: endoskop — instrument
  • Danish: endoskop — instrument
  • Dutch: endoscoop — instrument
  • Esperanto: endoskopo — instrument
  • Estonian: endoskoop — instrument
  • Finnish: endoskooppi — instrument
  • Finnish: tähystin — instrument
  • French: endoscope — instrument
  • Galician: endoscopio — instrument
  • German: Endoskop — instrument
  • Greek: ενδοσκόπιο (endoskópio) — instrument
  • Hindi: अंतर्दर्शी (antardarśī) — instrument
  • Hungarian: endoszkóp — instrument
  • Icelandic: holsjá — instrument
  • Icelandic: holspegill — instrument
  • Ido: endoskopo — instrument
  • Indonesian: endoskop — instrument
  • Interlingua: endoscopio — instrument
  • Irish: ionscóp — instrument
  • Italian: endoscopio — instrument
  • Japanese: 内視鏡 (naishikyō) — instrument
  • Kazakh: эндоскоп (éndoskop) — instrument
  • Korean: 내시경 (naesigyeong) — instrument
  • Kyrgyz: эндоскоп (endoskop) — instrument
  • Latin: endoscopium — instrument
  • Macedonian: ендоскоп (endoskop) — instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: endoskop — instrument
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: endoskop — instrument
  • Occitan: endoscòpi — instrument
  • Persian: آندوسکوپ (ândoskop) — instrument
  • Polish: endoskop — instrument
  • Portuguese: endoscópio — instrument
  • Russian: эндоско́п (endoskóp) — instrument
  • Slovene: endoskóp — instrument
  • Spanish: endoscopio — instrument
  • Swedish: endoskop — instrument
  • Tatar: эндоскоп (endosqop) — instrument
  • Telugu: ఎండోస్కోప్ (eṇḍōskōp) — instrument
  • Turkish: endoskop — instrument
  • Turkmen: endoskop — instrument
  • Ukrainian: ендоско́п (endoskóp) — instrument
  • Vietnamese: đèn nội soi — instrument