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peritoneoscope

peritoneoscope noun: a narrow medical instrument used in peritoneoscopy.

Noun

peritoneoscope (plural peritoneoscopes)

  1. (dated) A narrow medical instrument used in peritoneoscopy.
    • The same thing may be said about the peritoneoscope. Peritoneoscopy for pelvic lesions has some value and yet its risks are rather great in the patients that have enough pelvic pathology to indicate its use, just as in the use of the culdoscope.1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 511

Forms of peritoneoscope

pluralperitoneoscopes

Origin of peritoneoscope

From peritoneo- + -scope.

Questions about peritoneoscope

What does peritoneoscope mean?
Peritoneoscope means a narrow medical instrument used in peritoneoscopy.
What part of speech is peritoneoscope?
Peritoneoscope is a noun.
What is the plural of peritoneoscope?
The plural of peritoneoscope is peritoneoscopes.

Words near peritoneoscope in the dictionary

  1. peritoneocentesis
  2. peritoneography
  3. peritoneojugular
  4. peritoneopericardial
  5. peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia
  6. peritoneoscope
  7. peritoneoscopes
  8. peritoneoscopic
  9. peritoneoscopies
  10. peritoneoscopist
  11. peritoneoscopists

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