Taber's Medical Dictionary
Crosby capsule
(krŏz′bē )
[William Holmes Crosby, Jr., U.S. physician, 1914-2005]
A device attached to a flexible tube that is introduced into the gastrointestinal tract per os. It is designed so that a sample of tissue may be obtained from the mucosal surface with which it is in contact. The capsule is then removed and the tissue examined for evidence of pathological changes.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Crosby Capsule." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule.
Crosby capsule. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule. Accessed October 21, 2019.
Crosby capsule. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule
Crosby Capsule [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 October 21]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule.
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