Vocabulary

sigmoidoscopy

S状(じょう)結腸(けっちょう)鏡(きょう)検査(けんさ)

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun
An examination in which the doctor uses an endoscope designed to be passed through the anus for visual examination especially of the sigmoid colon.

Examples

  1. Folks who have ulcerative colitis have to go through the indignity of a sigmoidoscopy very often.

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