proctosigmoidoscopy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An endoscopic examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon using a flexible or rigid scope.
Example Sentences
- "Proctosigmoidoscopy revealed many ulcerations with slightly raises, sharply defined edges."
- "Gilbertsen reported on a long-term follow-up of rigid proctosigmoidoscopies of 21,140 adenomatous polyp patients attending a cancer detection center."
- "Proctosigmoidoscopy is endoscopic examination of the lining of the distal sigmoid colon, rectum and rectal canal."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preHḱt- /*proHḱt- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *proHḱtós Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós) English procto- Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scopy English sigmoidoscopy English proctosigmoidoscopy From procto- + sigmoidoscopy.