endoscopy

Other forms of endoscopy

plural

endoscopies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about endoscopy

What does endoscopy mean?

endoscopy means "visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope".

How many syllables are in endoscopy?

endoscopy has 4 syllables: en-do-sco-py. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /ˌɛnˈdɔskɑpi/.

Is endoscopy a common word?

endoscopy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.