Definition of Oesophagoscope

1. Noun. An optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus.

Exact synonyms: Esophagoscope
Generic synonyms: Optical Instrument

Medical Definition of Oesophagoscope

1. An endoscope for inspecting the interior of the oesophagus. Origin: oesophagus + G. Skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oesophagoscope

oesophagogastroduodenoscopies
oesophagogastroduodenoscopy
oesophagogastromyotomy
oesophagogastroplasty
oesophagogastrostomy
oesophagogram
oesophagography
oesophagology
oesophagomalacia
oesophagomycosis
oesophagomyotomy
oesophagoplasty
oesophagoplication
oesophagoptosis
oesophagosalivary reflex
oesophagoscope (current term)
oesophagoscopy
oesophagospasm
oesophagostenosis
oesophagostomiasis
oesophagostomum
oesophagostomy
oesophagotomy
oesophagram
oesophagus
oesophagus: scleroderma
oesophaguses
oesophoria
oesophoric
oestradiol

Literary usage of Oesophagoscope

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

1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1907)
"At a subsequent sitting the diaphragm was divided by radiating incisions with the aid of the oesophagoscope, and the orifice was gradually dilated with ..."

2. American Medicine (1908)
"I have to refrain from giving you a very interesting history of a diverticulum because I did not succeed in introducing the oesophagoscope. ..."

3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1906)
"If this attempt does not succeed, a gastrotomy must be performed and the stricture dilated by retrograde sounding through the oesophagoscope, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Once the dilatation has been begun it can be carried out without the aid of the oesophagoscope. When a very old and resisting stricture cannot be overcome ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Right lung now fills two-thirds of right thoracic cavity, and is surmounted by a closed pneumothorax. of stomach tube or oesophagoscope are on record. ..."

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