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Endoscopy

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a medical procedure using an instrument to view the inside of the body
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Stage 1 of 2
endon
Greek · ancient
"within, inside"
within, inside, combined with skopein (to view)
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Stage 2 of 2
endoscopy
English · 1870s
"a medical procedure for viewing inside the body"
coined for the medical procedure of viewing inside the body
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