Respiratory
bronchoscopy
brong-KOS-koh-pee
StatusNew
Definition
Visual examination of the bronchi using an endoscope
DiagnosticRespiratory
Breakdown
Etymology
Greek: bronch/o (bronchus) + -scopy (visual examination)
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