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Sigmoidoscopy
A procedure in which a doctor inserts a viewing tube (sigmoidoscope) into the rectum for the purpose of inspecting the lower colon and rectum. If an abnormal area is detected, a biopsy can be performed.
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Inspection, through an endoscope, of the interior of the sigmoid colon.

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sig·moid·os·co·py .sig-.mȯi-'däs-kə-pē n, pl -pies the process of using a sigmoidoscope called also proctosigmoidoscopy
sig·moid·o·scop·ic -də-'skäp-ik adj

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n.
examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon with a sigmoidoscope. It is used to investigate diarrhoea or rectal bleeding, particularly to detect colitis or cancer of the rectum.

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sig·moid·os·co·py (sig″moi-dosґkə-pe) inspection of the sigmoid colon through a sigmoidoscope. sigmoidoscopic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.