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cystoscope

cystoscope

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A thin tube with a light that a doctor puts into the urine tube to see inside the bladder
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪstəˌskoʊp/
  • Specialized
: cistoscopio
  • During the procedure, the cystoscope provided clear images of my bladder's lining.

Examples

  • The doctor used a cystoscope to examine my bladder for any signs of infection.

  • "I'm going downstairs for a cystoscope."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I felt nervous about the cystoscope because I knew it was necessary for my diagnosis.

Surface Forms

cystoscope singular
cystoscopes plural

Morphology

cystoscope = scope (opaque) = cysto + scope

This is a learned medical formation, but the bladder-specific combining form cysto- is unlikely to be known by an average B1 learner, so the meaning is not readily recoverable.

Etymology

Cystoscope comes from Greek parts cysto- meaning 'bladder' and -scope meaning 'to look', the same -scope you see in telescope. So a cystoscope is a tool doctors use to 'look' inside the bladder.