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食道鏡 (shokudoukyou) Japanese meaning: esophagoscope | Kotomora

食しょく道どう鏡きょう

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Meanings

1

esophagoscope; oesophagoscope

Medical instrument used to examine the esophagus.

医い師しは食しょく道どう鏡きょうを使つかって食しょく道どうの内ない部

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The doctor used an esophagoscope to examine the inside of the esophagus.

Kanji

食eat, food
道road-way, street, district
鏡mirror, speculum, barrel-head

Etymology

Compound of 食道 (shokudō, 'esophagus') + 鏡 (kyō, 'scope, mirror').