laryngoscope
Other forms: laryngoscopes
A laryngoscope is what a doctor uses to examine your larynx, or voice box. Most often, a laryngoscope is inserted through the mouth of a sedated patient.
If a patient is having trouble breathing, doctors may decide to insert a breathing tube — this procedure requires the use of a laryngoscope. Another emergency use of the instrument is when a patient needs to be resuscitated after a heart attack. Often, a laryngoscope is used when the doctor simply needs to get a better look at the larynx. The root of the word laryngoscope is the Greek larynx, "upper windpipe," from laimos, "throat."
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a medical instrument for examining the larynxtype of:medical instrumentinstrument used in the practice of medicine
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Vocabulary lists containing laryngoscope
Have a close look at this list of words that include the suffix -scope, meaning "an instrument for observing." The Latinized scopium derives from the Greek skopein, "to look, to examine."
This vocabulary list features words from the Greek skopein meaning "to look, examine."
Have a close look at this list of words that include the suffix -scope, meaning "an instrument for observing." The Latinized scopium derives from the Greek skopein, "to look, to examine."