endoscopy

English

Etymology

From endo- +‎ -scopy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈdɔ.skə.pi/

Noun

endoscopy (plural endoscopies)

1. (medicine) The examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.

Hyponyms

• esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• gastroscopy
• colonoscopy
• For the rest, see Thesaurus:endoscopy

Derived terms

• chromoendoscopy
• echoendoscopy
• endoscopist
• fibroendoscopy
• gastroendoscopy
• immunoendoscopy
• laparoendoscopy
• microendoscopy
• miniendoscopy
• nasendoscopy
• nasoendoscopy
• neuroendoscopy
• otoendoscopy
• panendoscopy
• rhinoendoscopy
• sialendoscopy
• videoendoscopy

 

Related terms

• endoscope
• endoscopic

Translations

examination using an endoscope

• Catalan: endoscòpia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: endoskopie (cs) f
• Danish: endoskopi (da) c
• Finnish: tähystys (fi), endoskopia
• French: endoscopie (fr) f
• German: Endoskopie (de) f
• Greek: ενδοσκόπηση (el) f (endoskópisi)
• Icelandic: holsjárskoðun f, holspeglun f
• Indonesian: endoskopi (id)
• Italian: endoscopia (it) f
• Korean: 내시경술 (naesigyeongsul)
• Malay: endoskopi
• Persian: آندوسکوپی (fa) (ândoskopi)
• Polish: endoskopia (pl) f
• Portuguese: endoscopia (pt) f
• Spanish: endoscopia (es) f, endoscopía (es) f
• Swedish: endoskopi (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ендоскопі́я f (endoskopíja)

Further reading

• endoscopy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia