laparoscopy
Saylap-uh-ROS-kuh-peeUS/ˌlæpəˈɹɑskəpi/UK/lapəˈɹɒskəpi/
Plurallaparoscopies
- 1A way to look inside the belly using a thin tube with a small camera, put in through a tiny cut.
Like using a small camera on a stick to see inside a box without opening it all the way.
The doctor used a laparoscopy to find out what was wrong inside her belly.
After the laparoscopy, he had only two small cuts that healed quickly.
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Origin
It comes from a part meaning "flank" plus a part meaning "looking," and was modeled on the German word Laparoskopie.