oesophagoscopeesophagoscopen.
/ᵻˈsɒfəɡəskəʊp/, /iːˈsɒfəɡəskəʊp/, U.S. /əˈsɑfəɡəˌskoʊp/ Medicine.
An endoscope used for examination of the oesophagus.
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speculum1598
diopter1706
otoscope1853
stomatoscope1853
laparoscope1855
cardioscope1856
sphygmoscope1856
stereoscope1857
laryngoscope1860
pharyngoscope1861
rhinoscope1861
autolaryngoscope1863
vaginoscope1863
oesophagoscope1868
photophore1871
rectoscope1871
endoscope1872
autoscope1873
glottiscope1876
polyscope1878
duck-bill speculum1879
tracer1882
diaphanoscope1883
gastroscope1888
cystoscope1889
kinetoskotoscope1896
photoscope1896
proctoscope1896
bronchoscope1899
sigmoidoscope1900
arthroscope1925
peritoneoscope1939
toposcope1951
fibrescope1954
mediastinoscope1966
fetoscope1968
angioscope1980
1868 A. J. Bevan in Lancet 11 Apr. 470/2 (caption) Œsophagoscope for foreign bodies, &c.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 361 Œsophagoscopes..are hardly ever used in practice.
1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 18 Apr. 887/2 A flexible fiber-optic esophagoscope now available may reduce the number of perforations.
1974 R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery vi. 79 Through the oesophagoscope oesophagitis, discrete peptic ulceration, and malignant strictures may be seen.
2002 Arch. Otolaryngol., Head & Neck Surg. 128 The most common approaches [for the extraction of esophageal foreign bodies] use either the flexible fiberoptic esophagoscope or the rigid esophagoscope.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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