Which medical term means process of viewing colon?
A) colostomy
B) colonoscope
C) colonoscopy
D) coloscopy
C) colonoscopy
Colon/o means colon and -scopy means process of viewing; thus, colonoscopy
means process of viewing the colon. Col/o means colon and -ostomy means surgically create an
opening; therefore, colostomy is creating an opening into the colon. -scope means instrument to
view; hence, colonoscope means instrument to view the colon. Coloscopy is not the medical term
we use.
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