A medical procedure that uses a device with a light attached to look at the inside of a body cavity or organ. The scope is inserted through a natural opening, such as the mouth during a bronchoscopy, the rectum for a sigmoidoscopy, or the vagina for a cystoscopy. Related topics:
bronchoscopy cystoscopy colonoscopycystourethroscopyendoscopyERCPesophagogastroduodenoscopygastroscopylaryngoscopyproctosigmoidoscopysigmoidoscopy