bronchoscopy

English

Performance of a bronchoscopy

Etymology

From broncho- +‎ -scopy.

Noun

bronchoscopy (plural bronchoscopies)

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

• bronchoscopical
• bronchoscopist
• fibrobronchoscopy
• laryngobronchoscopy
• laryngotracheobronchoscopy
• tracheobronchoscopy
• videobronchoscopy

 

Related terms

• bronchoscope
• bronchoscopic

Translations

technique

• Azerbaijani: bronxoskopiya
• Basque: bronkoskopia
• Catalan: broncoscòpia f
• Czech: bronchoskopie f
• Dutch: bronchoscopie (nl) f
• Finnish: bronkoskopia (fi)
• French: bronchoscopie (fr) f
• German: Bronchoskopie (de) f
• Greek: βρογχοσκόπηση (el) f (vronchoskópisi)
• Hebrew: ברונכוסקופיה (he)
• Indonesian: bronkoskopi
• Irish: broncascópacht f
• Italian: broncoscopia (it) f
• Norwegian: bronkoskopi
• Occitan: bronquioscopia f
• Polish: bronchoskopia (pl) f
• Portuguese: broncoscopia f
• Russian: бронхоскопи́я (ru) f (bronxoskopíja)
• Slovene: bronhoskopija f
• Spanish: broncoscopia f, broncoscopía f
• Swedish: bronkoskopi c
• Turkish: bronkoskopi (tr)
• Ukrainian: бронхоскопія f (bronxoskopija)
• Uzbek: bronxoskopiya (uz)

See also

• bronchoscopy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia