Definition of Endoscopes

1. Noun. (plural of endoscope) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endoscopes

1. endoscope [n] - See also: endoscope

Medical Definition of Endoscopes

1. Instruments for the examination of the interior of a hollow viscus, such as the bladder. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endoscopes

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endosalpingiosis
endosalpingitis
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endoscopic
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endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
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endoskeletal
endoskeletally
endoskeleton
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endosmometer

Literary usage of Endoscopes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1897)
"Ordinary urethral endoscopes, modified by Skene. Two rectal endoscopes (long ... One brush for cleaning endoscopes. Having described the important methods ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Pt. 800-1299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"This section does not apply to endoscopes that have specialized uses in othen medical specialty aneas and that ane ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"All these endoscopes proved too complicated and cumbersome, the urethral tube and ... We may divide the various endoscopes now in use into two classes : i, ..."

4. Current Issues in Women's Health: An FDA Consumer Special Report by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"he development of endoscopes, lasers, and electrosurgical devices has ... Specialized endoscopes for viewing the abdominal cavity are called laparoscopes. ..."

5. The Small Business Innovation Research Program: The First Decade (1993)
"These coatings will be used on catheters, catheter wire guides, endoscopes, coronary stents, sutures, artificial joints and many other devices and materials ..."

6. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1908)
"They may be bulb-sounds for the purpose of discovering stricture, or endoscopes for localizing urethral evidences, or the stone searcher for detecting ..."

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