bronchoscope
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- noun
- /ˈbrɒŋkəˌskoʊp/
- Specialized
:
broncoscopio
- During the procedure, the surgeon inserted a bronchoscope to collect tissue samples from the lungs.
Examples
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Traditionally, when doctors insert a conventional bronchoscope into the patient to examine the lungs, the devices are used in concert with a flat CT image.
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A rigid bronchoscope, which was kept ready by the ENT surgeons, was introduced and the airway dilated with it.
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To guide the bronchoscope, the system features software that generates the patient's original CT images in three dimensions.
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The miniaturized, long bronchoscope includes what Besser calls a localization center on its tip.
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As the bronchoscope reaches one, the physician inserts tools to take samples for biopsy, Besser said.
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In the second case, the glottic opening was so small that it had to be dilated with a rigid bronchoscope to permit tracheal intubation.
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In some patients with marked airway pathology, awake tracheal intubation utilizing a fiberoptic bronchoscope may be recommended (Moos et al., 2005).
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The doctor used a bronchoscope to closely examine the patient's bronchial tubes for any signs of infection.
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In order to diagnose the issue, the pulmonologist recommended a bronchoscope for a detailed view of the airways.
Surface Forms
Morphology
bronchoscope = broncho + scope
The word is built compositionally from the medical combining form broncho- and -scope 'instrument for viewing', but the specialized medical meaning is not fully obvious to an average learner.
Etymology
The word bronchoscope breaks into broncho- 'windpipe' and -scope 'to look', the same -scope you see in telescope and microscope. So a bronchoscope is a thin tube doctors use to look inside the bronchial tubes or airways.