Definition of Laryngoscopy

1. n. The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.

Definition of Laryngoscopy

1. Noun. The examination of the throat using a laryngoscope. ¹

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Definition of Laryngoscopy

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Medical Definition of Laryngoscopy

1. The visualisation of the larynx and vocal cords. This may be done directly using a fibreoptic scope (laryngoscope) or indirectly using mirrors. See: fibreoptics. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laryngoscopy

laryngopharyngitis
laryngopharynx
laryngophone
laryngophony
laryngophthisis
laryngoplasty
laryngoplegia
laryngorrhoea
laryngoscope
laryngoscopes
laryngoscopic
laryngoscopies
laryngoscopist
laryngoscopists
laryngoscopy (current term)
laryngospasm
laryngospasms
laryngospastic
laryngospastic reflex
laryngostasis
laryngostenosis
laryngostomy
laryngostroboscope
laryngotome
laryngotomes
laryngotomies
laryngotomy
laryngotracheal
laryngotracheal diphtheria

Literary usage of Laryngoscopy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Internal Examination of the Larynx (laryngoscopy) The most important method of examining the larynx is by inspection of the interior; this may be done ..."

2. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technic: A Manual of Practical Procedures by Albert Sidney Morrow (1921)
"The method may be employed in young children upon whom ordinary laryngoscopy is F1G. 439.—Jackson's self-illuminated tube spatula for direct laryngoscopy. ..."

3. Diseases of the chest, throat and nasal cavities by Ephraim Fletcher Ingals (1892)
"laryngoscopy. In order to look beyond the lines of direct vision, ... Inspection of the larynx with these is called laryngoscopy, and the same method ..."

4. The Throat and its diseases: Including Associated Affections of the Nose and Ear by Lennox Browne (1887)
"Of all artificial methods of reducing intolerance of laryngoscopy none is better than ... A few words remain to be said concerning laryngoscopy in Children. ..."

5. A Manual of Diseases of the Nose, Throat, and Ear by Edward Baldwin Gleason (1918)
"THE ART OF laryngoscopy Laryngology is the seeing and describing what is present ... laryngoscopy is simply the art of viewing the interior of the larynx. ..."

6. Electricity in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Nose, Throat by William Scheppegrell (1898)
"DIRECT laryngoscopy. A RECENT addition to the methods of examining the larynx is direct laryngoscopy or autoscopy. The term autoscopy has been given by ..."

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