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English
Etymology
From peritoneo- + -scopy.
Noun
peritoneoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural peritoneoscopies)
- (medicine, dated) Examination of the abdominal cavity using a narrow instrument inserted through a small incision in the peritoneum.
1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 508:Decker had just introduced his culdoscope and was advocating culdoscopy. I actually saw two peritoneoscopies during training but it had not achieved wide use.
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