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.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Crosby Capsule." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule.
Crosby capsule. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule. Accessed November 4, 2024.
Crosby capsule. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule
Crosby Capsule [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764777/all/Crosby_capsule.
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