Definition of Bronchoscopy

1. Noun. (medicine) A technique for viewing the bronchi using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope ¹

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Definition of Bronchoscopy

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Medical Definition of Bronchoscopy

1. An examination used for inspection of the interior of the tracheo-bronchial tree, performance of endobronchial diagnostic tests, taking of specimens for biopsy and culture and removal of foreign bodies. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronchoscopy

bronchopulmonary spirochetosis
bronchorrhaphy
bronchorrhoea
bronchorrhœa
bronchos
bronchoscope
bronchoscopes
bronchoscopic
bronchoscopic brush
bronchoscopic smear
bronchoscopic sponge
bronchoscopically
bronchoscopies
bronchoscopist
bronchoscopists
bronchoscopy (current term)
bronchospasm
bronchospasmolytic
bronchospasms
bronchospastic
bronchospirochetosis
bronchospirography
bronchospirometer
bronchospirometry
bronchostaxis
bronchostenosis
bronchostomy
bronchotome
bronchotomes
bronchotomies

Literary usage of Bronchoscopy

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"He puts the question whether some of the hitherto inexplicable deaths from bronchoscopy may not have been due to galvanization of the vagus nerves; ..."

2. Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, Medical and Surgical by Wendell Christopher Phillips (1919)
"By lower bronchoscopy is meant an inspection carried on through tubes inserted into a tracheotomy wound. 1 Chapters Lili and L1V are abstracted from ..."

3. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technic: A Manual of Practical Procedures by Albert Sidney Morrow (1921)
"This operation is designated respectively as "upper direct tracheo-bronchoscopy," and "lower direct tracheo-bronchoscopy. ..."

4. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"bronchoscopy.—The same apparatus can be used for bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy, and the instruments described elsewhere in this volume are suitable for ..."

5. Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson, Gustav Killian (1914)
"removal attempted prior to the bronchoscopy. The statistics of these two years, as compared with those collected by Kahler of the time prior to 1909, ..."

6. The Diseases of the Nose, Mouth, Pharynx and Larynx: A Textbook for Students by Alfred Bruck (1910)
"Superior, Direct bronchoscopy.—(a) In Adults.—Grownup persons are best examined whilst fasting. They must be Fig. 120.—Universal demonstration electroscope ..."

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