laparoscopy

[lap-uh-ros-kuh-pee]

noun

Surgery.

plural

laparoscopies 

1. examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laparoscopy¹

First recorded in 1850–55; laparo- + -scopy

Example Sentences

Ms Brewster said that people can wait up to eight years for a diagnosis as it required a laparoscopy, a keyhole surgery procedure, to confirm the condition.

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My surgeon had given me the results of a laparoscopy, which revealed my fallopian tubes were blocked and sperm couldn’t get where it needed to be.

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Ms Davies is due to undergo a third laparoscopy next month to remove tissue - a procedure she says she has waited 70 weeks for.

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Think of it as brain surgery’s answer to laparoscopy: The approach allows the doctor to make repairs in the brain without having to open up a patient’s skull.

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Surgical options range from a minimally invasive laparoscopy procedure to more involved surgery that pulls the stomach back down into the abdomen.

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