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单词 enteroscopy
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enteroscopyn.

Brit. /ˌɛntəˈrɒskəpi/, U.S. /ˌɛn(t)əˈrɑskəpi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: entero- comb. form, -scopy comb. form.
Etymology: < entero- comb. form + -scopy comb. form.In sense 2 probably after German Enteroskopie (1887 or earlier in this sense).
1. Inspection of entrails as a method of divination; haruspicy, extispicy.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun]
haruspicy1569
bowel-gazing1587
ventriloquy1623
paunch-poring1656
extispicy1681
extispicine1693
haruspiciny1693
enteroscopy1726
haruspication1871
1726 Grand Myst. 7 I am confident that Cæsar, who had been Chief Priest, and was the most learned Professor of Enteroscopy in the World, would never have pass'd the Rubicon..if by his skill in this Science, he had not been assur'd the Event would be happy.
1913 Sociol. Rev. 6 177 The Kayan beliefs in a number of anthropomorphic departmental deities and their sytem of divination (omen birds, enteroscopy).
1952 H. Osborne Indians of Andes v. 142 Divination by enteroscopy, by fire and by coca were common and are practised today.
1969 Book Collector Winter 495 Whatever means of divination they use—casting straws? enteroscopy?—the seers came up with the same answer, and each held a sale entirely devoted to oriental books and manuscripts.
2. Medicine. Visual examination of the intestines (originally the rectum and colon, later usually the ileum and jejunum) by means of an endoscope; an instance of this.
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1893 R. J. Dunglison Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 21) 383/1 Enteroscope, instrument for inspection of the bowel by aid of reflected light, the process being called Enteroscopy.
1911 Arch. Diagnosis 4 42Enteroscopy’ would certainly also include the inspection of the small intestine which, of course, cannot be accomplished by instruments inserted through the rectum.
1953 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 29 Aug. 1737/2 There are many good color illustrations, particularly in the sections on gastroscopy and enteroscopy.
1972 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 19 42/1 Enteroscopy should be of great value in the patient with chronic unexplained blood loss anemia.
1997 F. Saibil Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis iv. 44 On very rare occasions, a procedure known as enteroscopy is used to examine the jejunum or upper ileum directly.
2017 Heart, Lung & Circulation 26 1103/1 Patients are commonly evaluated using..colonoscopies, capsule endoscopies, and even enteroscopies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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