proctosigmoidoscopy
Examination of the lower colon using a sigmoidoscope, inserted into the rectum.
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51 matchesrhinoscopy
Examination of the inside of the nose using a rhinoscope.
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Examination of the lower colon using a sigmoidoscope, inserted into the rectum.
Read definitionslit-lamp biomicroscopy
An eye exam using an instrument that combines a low-power microscope with a light source that makes a narrow beam of light.
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Reading what a substance is made of by seeing which wavelengths it absorbs, emits or bends, since every material has a signature.
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Looking inside the chest cavity through a small opening between the ribs, usually to explain fluid that keeps returning.
Read definitioncomputed tomography colonography
A scan that builds a walk-through view of the large bowel from x-ray slices, avoiding the camera but not the preparation.
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The scan can find a growth but cannot remove or sample one, so anything suspicious still ends in a scope procedure.
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Turns the usual picture inside out by throwing away the direct light, so unstained living organisms glow against black.
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The extra stain, antibody panel or gene test that turns an inconclusive slide into a named diagnosis.
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The process of heating (without boiling) a mixture of water and an essential oil (scented liquid taken from a plant) to release a pleasant aroma.
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Bronchial describes anything relating to the bronchi, the large airways connecting the windpipe to the lungs, as in bronchial asthma or bronchial breath sounds.
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A bronchoscope is a thin, lighted instrument passed into the airway to directly view and sample tissue from the trachea and bronchi.
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A colon polyp is an abnormal growth on the inner lining of the colon that is usually benign but occasionally becomes cancerous.
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Colorectal describes anything relating to the colon and rectum together, the final segments of the large intestine, most often in the context of cancer.
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The reason it is gastroenterology but gastritis: a linking vowel appears only when the next part starts with a consonant.
Read definitioncomputed tomographic colonography
A method to examine the inside of the colon by taking a series of x-rays.
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A method to examine the inside of the colon by taking a series of x-rays.
Read definitiondiverticulosis
Diverticulosis is the presence of multiple diverticula in the colon wall, usually causing no symptoms unless they become inflamed.
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A diverticulum is a small pouch that bulges outward from the wall of a hollow organ such as the colon.
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