tracheoscopy

American  

[trey-kee-os-kuh-pee] / ˌtreɪ kiˈɒs kə pi /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.

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Other Word Forms

• tracheoscopic adjective
• tracheoscopist noun

Etymology

Origin of tracheoscopy

First recorded in 1875–80; tracheo- + -scopy

Example Sentences

On tracheoscopy the mucosa is thinned, pale and dry, and is covered with patches of thick mucilaginous secretion and crusts.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

This procedure is described as direct upper tracheoscopy and bronchoscopy.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

The examination may also be made through a tracheotomy wound—direct lower tracheoscopy.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander