Bronchoscopy

Origin

- + scopy + -

Full definition of bronchoscopy

Noun

1. (medicine) A technique for viewing the bronchi using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope
• 2007, July 4, Lawrence K. Altman, Traveler’s TB Not as Severe as Officials Thought, 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.

Related terms

• bronchoscope
• bronchoscopic