Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slender tubular instrument with a small light on the end for inspection of the interior of the bronchi.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument used in examining the interior of the trachea and the beginning of the bronchi.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a form of
endoscope for inspecting thebronchial tubes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes
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Examples
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The bronchoscope is fitted with a small light and camera so the physician can view the airway on an external monitor.
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Diagnosis may require some or all of these tests: chest X-ray cardiac MRI – a three-dimensional image shows the heart and vessel abnormalities chest CT (CAT scan) echocardiogram – sound waves create an image of the heart bronchoscopy – a doctor looks at the trachea using an instrument called a bronchoscope (while patient is under anesthesia) gastrointestinal tests such as barium swallow
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In a half-hour outpatient procedure, doctors thread a flexible tube called a bronchoscope through the nose or throat and down into the airways.
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In a half-hour outpatient procedure, doctors thread a flexible tube called a bronchoscope through the nose or throat and down into the airways.
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In a half-hour outpatient procedure, doctors thread a flexible tube called a bronchoscope through the nose or throat and down into the airways.
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In a half-hour outpatient procedure, doctors thread a flexible tube called a bronchoscope through the nose or throat and down into the airways.
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The procedure involves threading a tube called a bronchoscope down the patient's airway to the lungs.
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It has some risks associated with it, mainly lung collapse, bleeding and additional breathing problems, mostly related to the bronchoscope.
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With the patient under light sedation, the interventional pulmonologist guides a standard bronchoscope, a long, flexible tube, through the patient's mouth or nose as far as possible down each airway.
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The thermoplasty device, called the Alair System, travels inside the bronchoscope and has an array of electrodes on its tip that extends and expands to contact the airway walls.
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