Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A short speculum for examining the anal canal and lower rectum.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The instrument used in anoscopy.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin ānus, anus + –scope.]

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Examples

  • The second step involves inserting a tube-like instrument called anoscope in order to peer into the anal area and expose the hemorrhoid, starting with the first largest.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • The second step involves inserting a tube-like instrument called anoscope in order to peer into the anal area and expose the hemorrhoid, starting with the first largest.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • Keep a urine strainer by the toilet ready for when you need to urinate. are demonstrate installation blinds, correct dan wires anoscope wrong decisions over personal wooden blinds.

    Wii-volution 2010

  • The hemorrhoid is then held by the anoscope while placing one or two rubber bands surrounding the base of every internal hemorrhoid found.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • The hemorrhoid is then held by the anoscope while placing one or two rubber bands surrounding the base of every internal hemorrhoid found.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • She the doc was a she inserted an anoscope, a clear plastice cone-like device open on both ends into Jack’s rear end so that she could see both hemorrhoids.

    Public announcement for hemorrhoid sufferers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

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