angioscope
- noun
- /ˈæn.dʒi.oʊˌskoʊp/
- Specialized
- On the seventh successfully cannulated case (number 9), we used a Baxter angioscope (0.7 mm, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, Illinois).
Examples
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We thank Baxter Healthcare Corporation for the loan of an angioscope for part of this work.
Academic text (1999) -
The angioscope and its use have been reported earlier.
Academic text (1994) -
The surgeon used a angioscope to examine the patient's capillaries during the procedure.
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An angioscope allows doctors to visualize the inside of blood vessels for diagnostic purposes.
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During the examination, the doctor relied on the angioscope to detect any abnormalities in the blood vessels.
Synonyms
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5.3
A long thin medical tube with a light and camera that doctors use to see inside the body
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7.8
A long flexible tube with a light and camera that doctors use to look inside the body
Surface Forms
Morphology
angioscope = angio + scope
The word is built from classical combining forms meaning a vessel-related viewing instrument, but it is a specialized medical term that many learners would not fully infer without prior knowledge.
Etymology
The word angioscope combines angio- meaning 'vessel' and -scope meaning 'to look', just like in microscope and telescope. So an angioscope is an instrument for 'looking into' blood vessels, especially small ones.