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• n  a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach

• The gastroscope has also demonstrated the frequency of chronic inflammation of the stomach.
• Through the gastroscope the doctors saw most of the 16 glistening pink stomachs turn at once to a "dusky red.
• X rays and the gastroscope can detect all but 8% of early cancers, said he, but neither patients nor doctors understand the need for such examinations.