Associations to the word «Sigmoidoscope»

Wiktionary

SIGMOIDOSCOPE, noun. (medicine) An instrument used for examining the sigmoid colon.

Dictionary definition

SIGMOIDOSCOPE, noun. An endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats