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LAPAROSCOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("laparoscope" is a kind of...):
endoscope (a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery)
Context examples:
A type of laparoscopic surgery where the surgeon uses both a laparoscope and his or her hand to help with dissection, retraction, and removal of tissue through a hand port incision.
(Hand Assisted Laparoscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery done using a laparoscope.
(Laparoscopic surgery, NCI Thesaurus)
A laparoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing.
(Laparoscopic Colectomy, NCI Dictionary)
Surgery done with the aid of a laparoscope to remove all or part of the colon through several small incisions made in the wall of the abdomen.
(Laparoscopic Colectomy, NCI Dictionary)
