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食道鏡 (しょくどうきょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

食しょく道どう鏡きょう

しょ

く

ど

う

きょ

う

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

部ぶ

を

観かん

察さつ

し

た

。

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').