OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29727

endoscopy

/ɛnˈdɔ.skə.pi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
endoscopia • endoscopía
The examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
But less complex scopes also pose contamination risks – and they’re used on far more people: Each year in the United States, doctors perform more than 15 million colonoscopies and…
One insurance company, UnitedHealthcare, has announced that starting in June, members with commercial plans seeking gastroenterology endoscopy services – including colonoscopies –…
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