What it means
The ending for a procedure that looks inside the body. bronchoscopybrong-KOS-kuh-peeA procedure in which a thin, lighted tube with a camera is passed through the nose or mouth to look inside the airways.bronch/o airway (bronchus)-scopy looking with an instrumentFull entry looks into the airways, laparoscopylap-uh-ROS-kuh-peeSurgery or an exam done through small cuts in the belly, using a thin, lighted tube with a camera.lapar/o abdomen-scopy looking with an instrumentFull entry into the abdomen, colonoscopy into the colon and endoscopy into the digestive tract. The instrument used ends in -scopeskohpA word ending that means an instrument for looking or examining.Full entry .
Remember it
-scope is the tool; -scopy is the look.
Related terms
bronchoscopy
A procedure in which a thin, lighted tube with a camera is passed through the nose or mouth to look inside the airways.
-graphy
A word ending that means the process of recording or making an image.
laparoscopy
Surgery or an exam done through small cuts in the belly, using a thin, lighted tube with a camera.
-scope
A word ending that means an instrument for looking or examining.