Endoscope vs. Gastroscope

Endoscopenoun

An instrument used to examine a bodily orifice or canal, or a hollow organ.

Gastroscopenoun

A form of endoscope used to view the inside of the stomach.

Endoscopenoun

An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

Gastroscopenoun

An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.

Endoscopenoun

a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery

Gastroscopenoun

a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach

Endoscope

An endoscope is an illuminated optical, typically slender and tubular instrument (a type of borescope) used to look deep into the body and used in procedures called an endoscopy. Endoscopes use tubes which are only a few millimeters thick to transfer illumination in one direction and high-resolution images in real time in the other direction, resulting in minimally invasive surgeries.