gastroscope

gastroscope
gastroscopic /gas'treuh skop"ik/, adj.
/gas"treuh skohp'/, n. Med.
a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
[1885-90; GASTRO- + -SCOPE]

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