colonoscopy
noun
co·lo·nos·co·py
ˌkō-lə-ˈnä-skə-pē 
plural colonoscopies
: endoscopic examination of the colon
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In 2022, The New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a landmark colonoscopy trial involving 84,585 participants in Poland, Norway, and Sweden.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Haag, a 34-year-old colonoscopy nurse, and Hastings, a 32-year-old sales account executive, met on Love Is Blind season 8, falling in love in the pods before continuing on in their love story.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 2 June 2025
The blood test is not meant to replace the colonoscopy, however, which is still required as part of a definitive diagnosis, and neither the American Cancer Society nor the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has endorsed Shield as a form of cancer screening.
—Liz Szabo, NBC news, 1 June 2025
Rosenberg also used high-dimensional spatial imaging technology that allowed UConn researchers to develop a detailed view of cellular interactions present inside colon polyps that were removed during colonoscopy at the end of the walnut study.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
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Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Haag, a 34-year-old colonoscopy nurse, and Hastings, a 32-year-old sales account executive, met on Love Is Blind season 8, falling in love in the pods before continuing on in their love story.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 2 June 2025
The blood test is not meant to replace the colonoscopy, however, which is still required as part of a definitive diagnosis, and neither the American Cancer Society nor the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has endorsed Shield as a form of cancer screening.
—Liz Szabo, NBC news, 1 June 2025
Rosenberg also used high-dimensional spatial imaging technology that allowed UConn researchers to develop a detailed view of cellular interactions present inside colon polyps that were removed during colonoscopy at the end of the walnut study.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Colonoscopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colonoscopy. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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colonoscopy
noun
co·lo·nos·co·py
ˌkō-lə-ˈnäs-kə-pē
ˌkäl-ə-
ˌkäl-ə-
plural colonoscopies
: endoscopic examination of the colon
transabdominal colonoscopy with a sigmoidoscope via colotomy
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