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, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule.
Crosby capsule. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Crosby capsule. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule
Crosby Capsule [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2021 June 23]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule.
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