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PROCTO-EXAM


check date: 28/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 04/10/2000
originator: Claudia

Conceptual Structures
ISAENDOSCOPY
SUBCLASSESPROCTOSCOPY
SIGMOIDOSCOPY
DESCENDANTSPROCTOSCOPY
SIGMOIDOSCOPY
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
ENDOSCOPY
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONSAFFECTS-BODY-PART : RECTUM
    ANUS
    COLON
DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : COLORECTAL-CANCER
INSTRUMENT : ENDOSCOPE
PURPOSE : BIOPSY


English
procto examterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: examination of the lower part of the colon and rectum by means of a proctoscopy or a sigmoidoscopy. This diagnostic procedure detects over half of colon and rectal cancers. (en)

Spanish
examen proctológicoterm type: main entry term
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
definition: examen de la parte inferior del colon y del interior del recto por medio de una proctoscopia o sigmoidoscopia. Este procedimiento diagnóstico descubre cerca de la mitad de todos los cánceres del colon y el recto. (es)