Meanings
nouncholedochoscope (plural choledochoscopes)
plural choledochoscopes
- medicineThe instrument used in choledochoscopy
Origin
- Ancient Greekχοληδόχος (kholēdókhos)
- New Latincholēdochus
- Englishcholedocho-
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Englishcholedochoscope
From choledocho- + -scope.
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choledochoscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choledochoscope
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“choledochoscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choledochoscope. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choledochoscope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choledochoscope.
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