Bronchoscopy
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A technique for viewing the bronchi using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope.
"The center reported in May that its tests showed that Mr. Speaker had XDR-TB, based on cultures from a lung procedure, a bronchoscopy, at a hospital in Atlanta."
Example
More examples"The center reported in May that its tests showed that Mr. Speaker had XDR-TB, based on cultures from a lung procedure, a bronchoscopy, at a hospital in Atlanta."
Etymology
From broncho- + -scopy.
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