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Gastroscope
A flexible, lighted instrument that is put through the mouth and down the esophagus to view the stomach. Tissue from the stomach can also be removed through the gastroscope
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- Sclerosis Localized hardening of skin
- Reflex, patellar See: Knee jerk
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