Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a bronchoscope.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The inspection of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
examination of theinterior of thetrachea using alaryngoscope
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Examples
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We knew within 10 minutes from the -- from the time we came into the room until Dr. Perry had the tracheoscopy tube in, assisted by Dr. Baxter and Dr. McClellan, and I had to cut down in and we had two chest tubes in place.
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On tracheoscopy the mucosa is thinned, pale and dry, and is covered with patches of thick mucilaginous secretion and crusts.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The examination may also be made through a tracheotomy wound -- direct lower tracheoscopy.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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This procedure is described as direct upper tracheoscopy and bronchoscopy.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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