examination of the urinary bladder or tract with the aid of a cystoscope
cystoscopy in American English
(sɪˈstɑskəpi)
nounWord forms: plural-pies
Medicine
an examination by means of a cystoscope
Word origin
[1905–10; cysto- + -scopy]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aspect ratio, cadre, stabilizer, thiamine, white listcysto- is a combining form representing cyst in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix cysto- include: cystocarp, cystocele, cystolith, cystometer, cystoscope; -scopy is a combining form used to form abstract action nouns corresponding to nouns withstems ending in -scope. Other words that use the affix -scopy include: arthroscopy, laparoscopy, spectroscopy, tracheoscopy, uroscopy
Examples of 'cystoscopy' in a sentence
cystoscopy
The urologist whapped my bladder infection with gentamicin and put me down for a cystoscopy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If so, they can be removed surgically during the cystoscopy or broken up by ultrasound treatment.