peritoneoscopy

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English

Etymology

From peritoneo- +‎ -scopy.

Noun

peritoneoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural peritoneoscopies)

  1. (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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