bronchoscopy

[brong-kos-kuh-pee]

noun

plural

bronchoscopies 

1. an examination by means of a bronchoscope.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bronchoscopy¹

First recorded in 1900–10; broncho- + -scopy

Example Sentences

On Dec. 19, the actor had undergone a bronchoscopy — a procedure that allows doctors to examine airways in the lungs.

From Los Angeles Times

She noted that recent bronchoscopy robots made by Johnson and Johnson and Intuitive Surgical have made significant gains in letting doctors reach hard-to-reach parts of the lungs and collect tissue samples for lung cancer.

From Washington Post

A bronchoscopy, in which doctors snake a tube from the nose or mouth into the lungs, is the best way of taking lung samples for analysis.

From Science Magazine

Proceeds from this year’s Festival of Trees will be used to purchase an endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy.

From Washington Times

Her medical team reached out to the pulmonology service, the lung specialists, in case the patient needed a bronchoscopy — a bronch, for short.

From New York Times