retoscopia

Portuguese

Etymology

From reto (“rectum”) +‎ -scopia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.tos.koˈpi.ɐ/ [he.tos.koˈpi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.tos.koˈpi.ɐ/ [he.tos.koˈpi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.toʃ.koˈpi.ɐ/ [χe.toʃ.koˈpi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.tos.koˈpi.a/ [he.tos.koˈpi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.tuʃ.kuˈpi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧tos‧co‧pi‧a

Noun

retoscopia f (plural retoscopias)

1. (medicine) rectoscopy

Related terms

• boroscopia
• fetoscopia
• endoscopia

Further reading

• “retoscopia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “retoscopia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025