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laparoscopically

laparoscopically adverb: by means of laparoscopy.

Adverb

laparoscopically (not comparable)

  1. By means of laparoscopy.
    • The two flat-screen monitors worked perfectly, on the other hand, affording a full-color, high-definition view of the first patient’s gallbladder, which Dr. Gawande and a surgical resident, Siva Raja, proceeded to remove laparoscopically, after first inserting a fiber-optic camera through a tiny...2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times
    • Doctors can perform prostatectomies in one of three different ways: perineally, retropubically, or laparoscopically.2011, Paul H. Lange, Christine Adamec, Prostate Cancer For Dummies

Origin of laparoscopically

From laparoscopic + -ally.

Questions about laparoscopically

What does laparoscopically mean?
Laparoscopically means by means of laparoscopy.
What part of speech is laparoscopically?
Laparoscopically is an adverb.

Words near laparoscopically in the dictionary

  1. laparoscope
  2. laparoscopes
  3. laparoscopic
  4. laparoscopic surgeries
  5. laparoscopic surgery
  6. laparoscopically
  7. laparoscopies
  8. laparoscopist
  9. laparoscopists
  10. laparoscopy
  11. laparosternotomies

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