Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An endoscope that is inserted through the mouth and used for examining the interior of the stomach.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hollow tube provided with reflecting mirrors and an electric light, which is passed through the esophagus into the stomach in order to enable the operator to inspect the interior of that organ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a form of endoscope used to view the inside of the stomach

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach

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Examples

  • The tool is called a gastroscope and because of this, patients may have been exposed to blood-borne viruses, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.

    CNN Transcript May 4, 2006 2006

  • Dr. Narinder Kapany invented fiber optics and designed a glass gastroscope which can be snaked down the throat for a detailed view of the stomach.

    Memes Upon Memes 2009

  • Dr. Narinder Kapany invented fiber optics and designed a glass gastroscope which can be snaked down the throat for a detailed view of the stomach.

    An Unproductive Game 2007

  • Dr. Narinder Kapany invented fiber optics and designed a glass gastroscope which can be snaked down the throat for a detailed view of the stomach.

    An Unproductive Game 2007

  • I actually haven't looked at how people are finding my site, but since I haven't as yet mentioned anything sexual, I don't think there will be anything too outlandish... though, who knows, I did write about that gastroscope being shoved down my throat!

    Blog hits milestone and gets a Starbucks franchise. Elizabeth McClung 2007

  • Dr. Narinder Kapany invented fiber optics and designed a glass gastroscope which can be snaked down the throat for a detailed view of the stomach.

    May 2007 2007

  • GOLDBERG: Administrative Nurse Cindy Steckel says the nurse in question partially sterilized the gastroscope, but not completely.

    CNN Transcript May 4, 2006 2006

  • I have visited many Chinese hospitals in the past 10 years, while consulting for pharmaceutical clients, when you enter any hospital in China, there is a price board (like the timetable in a train station, as in the picture, via Bingfeng), specifying how much each consultation cost, how much it costs for using gastroscope (imported gastroscope can charge a higher price tham domestic equipments), etc.

    Price control in Chinese hospitals Sun Bin 2005

  • I have visited many Chinese hospitals in the past 10 years, while consulting for pharmaceutical clients, when you enter any hospital in China, there is a price board (like the timetable in a train station, as in the picture, via Bingfeng), specifying how much each consultation cost, how much it costs for using gastroscope (imported gastroscope can charge a higher price tham domestic equipments), etc.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Sun Bin 2005

  • On August 25, district surgeon Dr Wendy Orr - now on the TRC's reparations and rehabilitation committee - diagnosed weight loss and transferred him to Livingstone Hospital where a gastroscope was performed.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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