colonoscopy

Meanings

nouncolonoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural colonoscopies)

plural colonoscopies

countableuncountablemedicineThe examination of the colon using a colonoscope.
Although colonoscopy procedures for routine screenings are not included in that new requirement, surveillance and diagnostic procedures to detect cancer are. UnitedHealthCare said in a fact sheet that this change is due to colonoscopies being overutilized.
2023 May 26, Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, “As colorectal cancer rises among younger adults, some seek colonoscopies earlier”, in CNN
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Colonoscopy can be expected to identify lesions missed on barium enema, such as small polyps and angiodysplasia. […] Often the preparation of the colon is not ideal, and this can add to the difficulty of performing colonoscopy and interpreting the findings. Tedesco and colleagues reported the results of colonoscopy in 258 patients with rectal bleeding.
1985, William S. Howland, Graziano C. Carlon, editors, Critical Care of the Cancer Patient, Year Book Medical Publishers, →ISBN, page 100

Origin

Englishcolono-
Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
Englishcolonoscopy

From colono- + -scopy.

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Translations

Arabic تَنْظِير الْقُولُون

تَنْظِير الْقُولُون (tanẓīr al-qūlūn)examination of the colon using a colonoscope

Bulgarian колоноскопия

колоноскопия (kolonoskopija)examination of the colon using a colonoscope

Catalan colonoscòpia

colonoscòpiaexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Chinese Cantonese 大腸鏡檢查 /大肠镜检查, 大腸鏡 /大肠镜

大腸鏡檢查 /大肠镜检查 (daai⁶ coeng⁴ geng³ gim² caa⁴)examination of the colon using a colonoscope
大腸鏡 /大肠镜 (daai⁶ coeng⁴ geng³)examination of the colon using a colonoscope

Chinese Mandarin 大腸鏡檢查 /大肠镜检查, 大腸鏡 /大肠镜

大腸鏡檢查 /大肠镜检查 (dàchángjìng jiǎnchá)examination of the colon using a colonoscope
大腸鏡 /大肠镜 (dàchángjìng)examination of the colon using a colonoscope

Czech kolonoskopie, koloskopie

kolonoskopieexamination of the colon using a colonoscope
koloskopieexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Dutch colonoscopie

colonoscopieexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Finnish paksusuolentähystys, kolonoskopia

paksusuolentähystysexamination of the colon using a colonoscope
kolonoskopiaexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

French coloscopie, colonoscopie

coloscopieexamination of the colon using a colonoscope
colonoscopieexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

German Koloskopie, Darmspiegelung

Koloskopieexamination of the colon using a colonoscope
Darmspiegelungexamination of the colon using a colonoscope
Colonoskopieexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Greek κολονοσκόπηση

κολονοσκόπηση (kolonoskópisi)examination of the colon using a colonoscope

Hungarian béltükrözés

béltükrözésexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Icelandic ristilspeglun

ristilspeglunexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Italian coloscopia

coloscopiaexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Japanese 大腸内視鏡

大腸内視鏡 (daichōnaishikyō)examination of the colon using a colonoscope

Korean 대장내시경

대장내시경 (daejangnaesigyeong)examination of the colon using a colonoscope

Polish kolonoskopia

kolonoskopiaexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Portuguese colonoscopia

colonoscopiaexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Russian колоноскопи́я

колоноскопи́я (kolonoskopíja)examination of the colon using a colonoscope

Spanish colonoscopia

colonoscopiaexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Swedish koloskopi

koloskopiexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Turkish kolonoskopi

kolonoskopiexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Vietnamese nội soi đại tràng

nội soi đại tràngexamination of the colon using a colonoscope

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with colonoscopy

laparoscopy abdominoscopy anoscopy anthroposcopy esophagogastroduodenoscopy gonioscopy peritoneoscopy radioscopy retinoscopy tracheoscopy

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Cite this entry

APA

colonoscopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonoscopy

MLA

“colonoscopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonoscopy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colonoscopy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonoscopy.

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