Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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n. (context medicine English) A technique for viewing the bronchus using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope
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Bronchoscopy is an endoscopic technique of visualizing the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. An instrument (bronchoscope) is inserted into the airways, usually through the nose or mouth, or occasionally through a tracheostomy. This allows the practitioner to examine the patient's airways for abnormalities such as foreign bodies, bleeding, tumors, or inflammation. Specimens may be taken from inside the lungs. The construction of bronchoscopes ranges from rigid metal tubes with attached lighting devices to flexible optical fiber instruments with realtime video equipment.
Usage examples of "bronchoscopy".
Fresno, her doctors attempted to explain to Foua and Nao Kao that they wanted to perform two more invasive diagnostic tests: a bronchoscopy, to see if the infection had originated in her right lung, and a sinus wash, to see if it had originated in her sinuses.
In the theatre Sister Marigold, Nurse Banks, and a nurse who had appeared to 'scally', cleaned up and prepared for another operation, an urgent bronchoscopy, to be performed by a throat specialist.