laparoscopy

American  

[lap-uh-ros-kuh-pee] / ˌlæp əˈrɒs kə pi /

noun

Surgery.

• laparoscopies
  plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• laparoscopies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of laparoscopy

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

Example Sentences

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laparoscopy laparoscopies

After having a ruptured cyst, she had a laparoscopy to remove some endometriosis, which eased her symptoms for a while, but she still experiences severe pain during flare-ups.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

In 2021, Ami had her first laparoscopy – a surgical procedure using a small camera, which the surgeon can use to diagnose endometriosis and remove some scar tissue.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

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

From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2022

Is it worth one more laparoscopy, or have you really truly identified that there is nothing?

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2022

In studies of gynecological robotic surgeries, duration ranged as high as 265 minutes, compared with maximums of 226 minutes for laparoscopy and 187 for open procedures.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

Overall, this happened up to 8 percent of the time in robotic operations and as much as 12 percent in laparoscopies.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

In urologic and gynecologic surgeries, there was almost no difference between robot-assisted operations and laparoscopies in the number of operations that had to be switched to open procedures.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

D’Hooghe’s team carried out laparoscopies on 221 infertile women who had no obvious symptoms.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2015

Harms of pelvic examination include unnecessary laparoscopies or laparotomies, fear, anxiety, embarrassment, pain, and discomfort.

From Forbes ● Jul. 3, 2014