colonoscope

English

Etymology

From colon +‎ -o- +‎ -scope.

Noun

colonoscope (plural colonoscopes)

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

Derived terms

• videocolonoscope

 

Related terms

• colonoscopy

 

Translations

flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon

• Catalan: colonoscopi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大腸鏡／大肠镜 (dàchángjìng), 腸鏡／肠镜 (chángjìng), 結腸鏡／结肠镜 (jiéchángjìng)

• German: Koloskop (de) n
• Icelandic: ristilspegill m
• Italian: colonscopio m
• Italian: colonscopio m
• Portuguese: colonoscópio m
• Romanian: colonoscop n
• Spanish: colonoscopio m
• Swedish: koloskop n