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colonoscopy

endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel
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colonoscopy

Summary

colonoscopy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (375 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • colonoscopy is a type of digestive endoscopy[2].
  • colonoscopy's Commons category is recorded as Colonoscopy[3].
  • colonoscopy's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[4].
  • colonoscopy's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 45.23[5].
  • colonoscopy's different from is recorded as colposcopy[6].
  • colonoscopy's uses is recorded as colonoscope[7].
  • colonoscopy's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/colonoscopy[8].
  • colonoscopy's class of object is recorded as large intestine[9].

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Definition and Type

colonoscopy is a type of digestive endoscopy[2].

Why It Matters

colonoscopy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (375 views/month).[1] colonoscopy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] colonoscopy is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → large intestine
    Subclass of → digestive endoscopy
    Uses → colonoscope
    Uses → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1078, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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