colonoscopicadj.
/ˌkɒlənəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /kəˌlɑnəˈskɑpɪk/ Medicine.
Using a colonoscope or colonoscopy. Also in extended use.
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1972 Gut 13 856 (title) The interpretation of colonoscopic biopsies of polypoid lesions in the large bowel.
1986 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 22 May 1374/1 The recent colonoscopic study apparently did not reveal any mucosal abnormality.
1993 W. G. Thompson Angry Gut xvii. 199 Even the most thorough colonoscopic surveillance will fail to discover some cancers before they are too advanced to cure.
1995 New Yorker 25 Dec. 66/1 This has become a theme. Weariness with metropolitan life in all its colonoscopic intricacy.
2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 4 June a1/4 With colonoscopic clarity, the camera shows a pipe with a drippy coating of fat.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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