n. 内窥镜

[医] 内窥镜, 内腔镜

[ noun ]
a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
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Endoscope \En"do*scope\, n. [Endo- + -scope.] (Med.)
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 +PJC]