General Anatomy · Medical Procedures · Hard
Endoscopy
Meaning: A procedure using a camera to look inside the body.
In practice: An endoscopy can check for ulcers in the stomach lining.
Word parts
- endo- means inside
- -scopy means looking inside with a scope
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