Skip to content

Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology
Cancer Terminology

Single Biggest Cancer Dictionary in the World

What is

sigmoidoscope

?

Press
Pronunciation: /sigmoidoscope*/

sigmoidoscope

Definition

A thin, tube-like instrument used to examine the inside of the colon. A sigmoidoscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may have a tool to remove tissue.

Explore Cancer Terminology

Find more

SR-29142

predisposing mutation

stage I nonmelanoma skin cancer on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)

follicle

extremity

stage III nasopharyngeal cancer

inverted papilloma

eculizumab

Explore Cancer Drug Terminology

find more

lipid nanoparticle encapsulated MYC-targeting mRNA-based agent OTX-2002

anti-c-Met/MMAE ADC MYTX-011

apalutamide

Helicobacter pylori therapeutic vaccine IMX101

Ozempic

Listeria monocytogenes-LLO-PSA vaccine ADXS31-142

anti-nectin-4 antibody-drug conjugate 9MW2821

tositumomab

Explore Genetic Cancer Terminology

find more

hereditary cancer syndrome

microsatellite instability

consent process

chromosomal instability

WES

allele

germline

mucosal neuroma

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology

© 2026 Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology