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laryngoscope

/luh-ring-guh-skohp/US // ləˈrɪŋ gəˌskoʊp //UK // (ləˈrɪŋɡəˌskəʊp) //

喉镜,咽喉镜,喉部镜,喉科镜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Medicine/Medical.

    • : a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.

Examples

  • Still, as before said, the laryngoscope does not reveal all the secrets of voice-production.

  • He had no opportunity of examining her throat with the laryngoscope, nor of observing her throat action in any other way.

  • The throat usually becomes tractable after one or two trials with the laryngoscope.

  • People usually have some such difficulty the first time they submit to examination with the laryngoscope.

  • This transition period lasted, roughly speaking, till the invention of the laryngoscope in 1855.