laparoscopy

English

Etymology

From laparo- (“flank”) +‎ -scopy, after German Laparoskopie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lapəˈɹɒskəpi/
• Rhymes: -ɒskəpi

Noun

laparoscopy (plural laparoscopies)

2. (medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.

   Near-synonym: laparoscopic surgery

Derived terms

• hydrolaparoscopy
• relaparoscopy
• videolaparoscopy

Related terms

• laparoscope
• laparoscopic
• laparoscopist
• laparotomy

Translations

examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity

Afrikaans: laparoskopie Arabic: تنظير البطن m (tanzir al-batn) Armenian: լապարասկոպիա (laparaskopia) Catalan: laparoscòpia f Chinese: Mandarin: 腹腔鏡檢查 / 腹腔镜检查 (fùqiāngjìng jiǎnchá) Czech: laparoskopie (cs) f Danish: laparoskopi c Dutch: laparoscopie (nl) f Finnish: laparoskopia French: laparoscopie (fr) f Galician: laparoscopia f, laparoscopía f German: Bauchspiegelung f, Laparoskopie (de) f Greek: λαπαροσκόπηση (el) f (laparoskópisi), λαπαροσκοπία (el) f (laparoskopía) Hebrew: לַפָּרוֹסְקוֹפְּיָה (he) f (laparoskopia) Hungarian: laparoszkópia (hu) Icelandic: kviðsjáraðgerð f Ido: laparoskopio (io) Indonesian: laparoskopi (id) Irish: laparascópacht f Japanese: 腹腔鏡 (ふくくうきょう, fukukōkyō) Kannada: ಉದರದರ್ಶಕ (udaradarśaka) Latvian: laparoskopija f Lithuanian: laparoskopija f Macedonian: лапароскопија f (laparoskopija) Marathi: लॅपरोस्कोपी (lĕproskopī) Norwegian: Bokmål: laparoskopi m Nynorsk: laparoskopi m Polish: laparoskopia (pl) f Portuguese: laparoscopia (pt) f Romanian: laparoscopie (ro) f Russian: лапароскопи́я (ru) f (laparoskopíja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: лапароско̀пија f Roman: laparoskòpija f Sinhalese: ප්‍රකාශතන්තුරේක්ෂය (prakāśatanturēkṣaya) Slovak: laparoskopia f Slovene: laparoskopija f Spanish: laparoscopia f, laparoscopía f Swedish: (examination) laparoskopi c, (surgery) laparoskopisk kirurgi c Tamil: லப்பிரச்கொப்பி (lappirackoppi) Turkish: laparoskopi Ukrainian: лапароскопі́я f (laparoskopíja) Uzbek: Cyrillic: лапароскопия (laparoskopiya) Roman: laparoskopiya Vietnamese: nội soi ổ bụng

Further reading

• laparoscopic surgery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia