Meaning & use
cystoscope
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Meaning
nouncountablemedicaltechnical
A thin, tube-like medical instrument with a light and camera, used to look inside the bladder and urinary tract.
Grammar: Countable: a cystoscope, two cystoscopes. The procedure is called cystoscopy.
Patterns
- insert a cystoscope
- use a cystoscope to do something
- pass a cystoscope through the urethra
The urologist inserted a cystoscope to check for bladder stones.
A flexible cystoscope causes less discomfort than a rigid one.
The nurse explained that the cystoscope would be passed through the urethra.
Word forms
| plural | cystoscopes |
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Common combinations
- flexible cystoscope
- A flexible cystoscope can bend around curves in the urinary tract.
- rigid cystoscope
- The surgeon chose a rigid cystoscope for better image quality.
- insert a cystoscope
- The doctor inserted the cystoscope gently to avoid injury.
- cystoscope examination
- The cystoscope examination took about fifteen minutes.
Synonyms and how they differ
- endoscope
- A general term for any instrument used to look inside the body; a cystoscope is a specific type for the bladder.
- catheter
- A tube for draining fluids, not for viewing; a cystoscope has a camera and light.
Word family
- cystoscopy noun
- The medical procedure of examining the bladder with a cystoscope.
- cystoscopic adjective
- Relating to cystoscopy or a cystoscope.
Commonly confused: cystoscope or cystoscopy?
cystoscope vs cystoscopy
Cystoscopy is the examination procedure; a cystoscope is the instrument used to perform it.
Practice
The doctor used a ______ to look inside the patient's bladder.
Choose one answer.
'Cystoscope' is the instrument, which fits the verb 'used'. 'Cystoscopy' is the procedure, 'cystostomy' is a surgical opening, and 'cytoscope' is a misspelling.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “cystoscope”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.