laparoscopy

[ lap-uh-ros-kuh-pee ]

noun

, Surgery.

, plural lap·a·ros·co·pies.

1. examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laparoscopy¹

First recorded in 1850–55; laparo- + -scopy

Example Sentences

Ms Davies is due to undergo a third laparoscopy next month to remove tissue - a procedure she says she has waited 70 weeks for.

From BBC

Think of it as brain surgery’s answer to laparoscopy: The approach allows the doctor to make repairs in the brain without having to open up a patient’s skull.

From New York Times

Surgical options range from a minimally invasive laparoscopy procedure to more involved surgery that pulls the stomach back down into the abdomen.

From Washington Post

In studies of gastrointestinal surgery, life-threatening complications ranged from 0 to 2 percent for robot-assisted surgery, from 0 to 3 percent for laparoscopy and from 1 to 4 percent for open surgeries.

From New York Times

Then, in June 2018, I finally had the laparoscopy that I had decided against eight years earlier.

From BBC