ureteroscopy

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noun

Visual inspection of the ureter by means of a ureteroscope.

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Meanings

nounureteroscopy (countable and uncountable, plural ureteroscopies)

plural ureteroscopies

  1. countableuncountableVisual inspection of the ureter by means of a ureteroscope.

    In accordance, the five completely normal ureteroscopies in our study were performed in patients with small filling defects on CTU.

    2015 July 25, Shay Golan, Andrei Nadu, David Lifshitz, “The role of diagnostic ureteroscopy in the era of computed tomography urography”, in BMC Urology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From ureter + -scopy.

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