Laparoscope Definition

lăpər-ə-skōp
noun
A fiber-optic instrument introduced surgically into the abdomen for examining visually the abdominal or pelvic organs.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Laparoscope

Noun

Singular:
laparoscope
Plural:
laparoscopes

Origin of Laparoscope

  • Greek laparā flank (from feminine of laparos soft) –scope

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • laparo- +"Ž scope

    From Wiktionary

Laparoscope Sentence Examples

  • The surgeon uses a type of telescope, called a laparoscope, to do the operation.

  • Experience surgeons are increasingly able to do operations by putting a laparoscope through very small cuts in the tummy (abdomen ).

  • Laparoscopy-A surgical procedure in which a small incision is made, usually in the navel, through which a viewing tube (laparoscope) is inserted.

  • This is a minimally invasive type of surgery done through one or more small one-inch (2.5 cm) incisions and a laparoscope, an instrument with a fiber-optic light containing a tube with openings for surgical instruments.

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