English Explanatory Dictionary

proctoscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A tube-like instrument, equipped with a light, used to examine the rectum.

Word forms

proctoscope proctoscopes

Etymology

From procto- + -scope.

Synonyms

rectoscope

Related words

proctologist proctology proctoscopic proctoscopically proctoscopy

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