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Endoscopy vs Speculum - What's the difference?

endoscopy | speculum |

In context|medicine|lang=en terms the difference between endoscopy and speculum

is that endoscopy is (medicine) the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope while speculum is (medicine) a medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.

As nouns the difference between endoscopy and speculum

is that endoscopy is (medicine) the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope while speculum is (medicine) a medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.

endoscopy

English

(wikipedia endoscopy)

Noun

(endoscopies)
  • (medicine) the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope

    • Hyponyms

    * esophagogastroduodenoscopy * gastroscopy * colonoscopy * See also

    speculum

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia speculum) (en-noun)
  • (medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
  • A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
  • (zoology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.

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