endoscope

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: en=do=scope

CIDE DICTIONARY

endoscope, n. [Endo- + -scope.].

 An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

endoscope, n. Surgery an instrument for viewing the internal parts of the body.

Derivative

endoscopic adj. endoscopically adv. endoscopist n. endoscopy n.