1. visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps; [syn: sigmoidoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sigmoidoscopy
n 1: visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower
third of the colon in a search for polyps [syn:
sigmoidoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy]