LAPAROSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laparoscopy mean? 

• LAPAROSCOPY (noun)
  The noun LAPAROSCOPY has 1 sense:

1. laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes)

  Familiarity information: LAPAROSCOPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAPAROSCOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("laparoscopy" is a kind of...):

laparotomy (surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs)

 Context examples 

A medical appliance inserted into an incision for laparoscopic examination that provides a pathway for allows other laparoscopy devices to pass through the skin and into the abdominal cavity.

(Laparoscopic Port, NCI Thesaurus)