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Colonoscope: A flexible, lighted instrument used to view the inside of the colon.
A colonoscope is used to perform a colonoscopy. The colonoscope is a long, thin, flexible tube that has a tiny fiber-optic video camera and light at the end of it.
The doctor inserts a long, flexible, lighted tube called a colonoscope, or scope, into the anus and slowly guides it through the rectum and into the colon.
n. , pl. , -pies . Examination of the colon with a colonoscope. Also called coloscopy
He or she uses a thin, flexible tube called a colonoscope to look at the colon. A colonoscopy helps find ulcers, colon polyps, tumors, and areas of ...
What is a colonoscope? A colonoscope is an instrument used for performing colonoscopy. It is a flexible tube with an eye piece or video screen.