Definition: A minimally invasive diagnostic procedure in which a short, flexible lighted tube is inserted into the rectum, allowing for an examination of the rectum and the lowest part of the colon, called the sigmoid colon.
Sigmoidoscopy
By Barbara Bradley Bolen, Ph.D., About.com
Updated January 19, 2008
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