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

Notably, the number of worldwide procedures performed using the da Vinci system and Ion bronchoscopy platform rose 20%, with the Ion platform seeing particularly strong growth.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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