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flexible sigmoidoscopy

flexible sigmoidoscopy

6.3
A test in which a thin tube with a camera goes into the lower bowel to look for small growths
  • noun
  • /ˈflɛksəbl ˌsɪɡmɔɪˈdɑskəpi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sigmoidoscopia flexible
  • Routine flexible sigmoidoscopy can help detect early signs of colorectal issues.
  • flexible sigmoidoscopy screening
  • invitation for flexible sigmoidoscopy

Examples

  • New research published in The Lancet earlier this year (Atkin et al., 2010) has shown the huge potential for screening by flexible sigmoidoscopy, or short colonoscopy, in the future.

    Academic text (2010)

  • An invitation for flexible sigmoidoscopy screening reduced colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, but not all-cause mortality, compared with no contact.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Instead, the patient is to be followed with periodic flexible sigmoidoscopies.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Options include: * rigid sigmoidoscopy; * flexible sigmoidoscopy; * colonoscopy; * barium enema; and

    Academic text (2010)

  • Does an invitation for flexible sigmoidoscopy screening reduce colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality?

    Academic text (2014)

  • However, in patients with symptoms alone, flexible sigmoidoscopy detects 95% of cancers, and the diagnostic yield of WCI after FS is very low.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Effect of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014; 312:606-15. 25117129 # Question #

    Academic text (2014)

  • Doctors recommend a flexible sigmoidoscopy to examine for polyps in the lower colon.

  • Following a flexible sigmoidoscopy, the doctor explained the results to the patient.

Synonyms

sigmoidoscopy
vsflexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Specialized
2 8.8

A test using a thin tube with a light and camera to look at the lower intestine

is less specific covering the lower colon generally rather than only the lower third

How Invasive

colonoscopy
  • Specialized
31 6.1
flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Specialized
6.3
proctoscopic
  • Specialized
9.0
fecal occult test
  • Specialized
5.2

Surface Forms

flexible sigmoidoscopy singular
flexible sigmoidoscopies plural

Morphology

flexible + sigmoidoscopy

The adjective 'flexible' straightforwardly modifies 'sigmoidoscopy', so a learner who knows both words can infer this is a sigmoidoscopy performed with a bendable scope (i.e., a procedure using a flexible instrument to examine the lower colon). This adj+noun compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning directly derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Flexible sigmoidoscopy is the name for a medical test where a bendy tube with a small camera is put into the 'lower part of the colon'. Flexible describes the bendy tube and sigmoidoscopy means 'looking inside', so the name shows the test is used to 'examine' that area for problems.