Definition of sigmoidoscopy in English:
sigmoidoscopy
nounˌsɪɡmɔɪˈdɒskəpiˌsiɡmoiˈdäskəpē
mass nounExamination of the sigmoid colon by means of a flexible tube inserted through the anus.
Example sentencesExamples
- Further examination using flexible sigmoidoscopy and/or colonoscopy may be indicated in individual patients.
- If the examination is performed with sedation, it may be helpful to combine it with other procedures such as blood tests, echocardiography, flexible sigmoidoscopy or mammography.
- Persons with at least one positive stool card were offered further diagnostic testing that most commonly included barium enema, flexible sigmoidoscopy or full colonoscopy.
- They should receive one or a combination of four screening tests, including fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and barium enema.
- Immunological tests and flexible sigmoidoscopy should be evaluated as potential new tests in screening for colorectal cancer.
Derivatives
noun sɪɡˈmɔɪdəskəʊpsɪɡˈmɔɪdəˌskoʊp
A flexible tube inserted through the anus in order to examine the sigmoid colon.
the sigmoidoscope contains a tiny video camera at its tip
Example sentencesExamples
- In the remaining 24 percent of cases, no lesions were within reach of the sigmoidoscope nor was there a positive stool card result (either of which factors would typically prompt a full colonoscopic examination).
- It is believed that colonoscopy will find cancers in two percent in the area seen with colonoscope and not sigmoidoscope.
- Your doctor will probably look inside your intestines with a sigmoidoscope or a colonoscope.
adjectivesɪɡˌmɔɪdəˈskɒpɪksɪɡˌmɔɪdəˈskɑpɪk
Stool properties, histopathology of colonic mucosa, sigmoidoscopic scores, and various laboratory markers of anemia and inflammation were assessed at the beginning and end of the trial.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is convenient to do this with the patient in the knee-chest position, preferably on a sigmoidoscopy table, as a part of perianal inspection and sigmoidoscopic examination.
- Flexible sigmoidoscopic examination is indicated to evaluate the mucosa of the distal colon for signs of inflammatory bowel disease.