Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, an examination of the abdomen in order to detect disease.
- noun Inspection of the mucous membrane of the stomach by means of a gastroscope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
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- noun An examination of
esophagus ,stomach andduodenum usingendoscope .
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- noun visual examination of the stomach by means of a gastroscope inserted through the esophagus
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Examples
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Symptoms similar to those of a gastric ulcer, and a gastroscopy discovers an ugly running sore and a suspected tumor, later identified under a microscope.
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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When he was a year old, they found a female doctor in Philadelphia who was a pioneer in pediatric gastroscopy.
In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010
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Symptoms similar to those of a gastric ulcer, and a gastroscopy discovers an ugly running sore and a suspected tumor, later identified under a microscope.
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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I was in hospital this morning for a gastroscopy - nothing too worrying, just one of those camera and light thingies they put down your throat to make sure everything's in one piece.
Archive 2009-03-01 Brian Clegg 2009
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So they decided to forego the gastroscopy and open him up to see what was going on.
September 19th, 2008 2008
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Robin Warren, in his professional role as a clinical pathologist, observed spiral-shaped bacteria in tissue specimens from the stomachs of many patients who had undergone gastroscopy.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005 - Presentation Speech 2005
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SHA'ATH: Well, we know that he was subjected to a lot of sedation in order to conduct investigations, like colonoscopy and gastroscopy and so on, and these required that he be sedated.
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These should be removed by gastroscopy when such decision is made.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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_Lens-system ballooning gastroscopy_ may possibly afford additional information after all possible data from open-tube gastroscopy has been obtained.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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-- For esophagoscopy and gastroscopy, if general anesthesia is desired, ether may be started by the usual method and continued by dropping upon folded gauze laid over the mouth after the tube is introduced.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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