laryngoscope

[ luh-ring-guh-skohp ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.

laryngoscope

/ ləˌrɪŋɡəˈskɒpɪk; ləˈrɪŋɡəˌskəʊp; ˌlærɪŋˈɡɒskəpɪst /

noun

1. a medical instrument for examining the larynx

Derived Forms

• laryngoscopist, noun
• ˌlarynˈgoscopy, noun
• laˌryngoˈscopically, adverb
• laryngoscopic, adjective

Other Words From

• la·ryn·go·scop·ic [l, uh, -ring-g, uh, -, skop, -ik], adjective
• la·ryn·gos·co·pist [lar-ing-, gos, -k, uh, -pist], noun
• prela·ryngo·scopic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of laryngoscope¹

First recorded in 1855–60; laryngo- + -scope

Example Sentences

Still, as before said, the laryngoscope does not reveal all the secrets of voice-production.

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He had no opportunity of examining her throat with the laryngoscope, nor of observing her throat action in any other way.

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The throat usually becomes tractable after one or two trials with the laryngoscope.

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People usually have some such difficulty the first time they submit to examination with the laryngoscope.

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This transition period lasted, roughly speaking, till the invention of the laryngoscope in 1855.

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