# laparoscopy

Pronunciation: say "lap-uh-ROS-kuh-pee" US /ˌlæpəˈɹɑskəpi/, UK /lapəˈɹɒskəpi/

## Noun

1. A medical examination of, or surgery on, the abdominal cavity, carried out by inserting a slim viewing instrument called a laparoscope through a small incision.
   - Simple: A way to look inside the belly using a thin tube with a small camera, put in through a tiny cut.
   - _The surgeon recommended a laparoscopy to investigate the patient's chronic pelvic pain._
   - _A diagnostic laparoscopy revealed adhesions that had gone undetected on earlier imaging._

## Origin

This word joins laparo- ("flank") with -scopy ("looking at"), formed after the German Laparoskopie.

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