Colposcopy definition

Colposcopy means a medical procedure that allows close examination of the surface of the cervix with a high-powered microscope.
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Examples of Colposcopy in a sentence

  • Indicator 9 Colposcopy attendance suggested, within the limitations of likely under reporting, that most women do eventually have a colposcopy when indicated on the basis of their screening result (87.8% by 15 months for women referred in 2018) but that some women experienced suboptimal timeliness, with 60.8% of women having a colposcopy within three months, with variation by geography and socioeconomic status.

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