endocytoscope

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noun

A specialized endoscope or attachment used with an endoscope that provides very high magnification for investigation of cellular microstructures.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounendocytoscope (plural endocytoscopes)

plural endocytoscopes

  1. A specialized endoscope or attachment used with an endoscope that provides very high magnification for investigation of cellular microstructures.

    The endoscopic models use an endocytoscope integrated to the endoscope and provide a 580x magnifcaton.

    2014, Luis Rodrigo, Amado Salvador Peña, Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, →ISBN, page 187
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    The muscular layer was imaged in vivo 2 minutes after the muscular staining with the endocytoscope inserted into the SEMF submucosal space.

    2011, Gregory G. Ginsberg, Michael L. Kochman, Ian D. Norton, Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, →ISBN

    Recently, the integration of the endocytoscope within an otherwise conventional endoscope could be achieved.

    2017, Daniel C. Baumgart, Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

endocytoscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocytoscope

MLA

“endocytoscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocytoscope. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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