| Crosby capsule | An attachment to the end of a flexible tube, used for peroral biopsy of the small intestine, by which a piece of mucosa is sucked into an opening in the capsule and cut off. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Crosby, William Holmes Jr | <person> U.S. Physician, *1914. See: Crosby capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |