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腹腔鏡 (fukukuukyou) Japanese meaning: laparoscope | Kotomora

腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう

also: ふくこうきょう · ふっこうきょう

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Meanings

1

laparoscope

Medical instrument used for laparoscopic surgery; a type of endoscope for examining the abdominal cavity.

腹ふく腔くう鏡きょうを使つかった手しゅ術じゅつは、開かい腹ふく手しゅ

術じゅつ

より

傷きず

が

小ちい

さい

。

Surgery using a laparoscope leaves smaller scars than open surgery.

Kanji

腹abdomen, belly, stomach
腔body cavity
鏡mirror, speculum, barrel-head

Related words

内ない視し鏡きょう
内視鏡 is a general term for endoscopes; 腹腔鏡 specifically refers to those used in the abdominal cavity.

Word family

腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう手しゅ術じゅつ
laparoscopic surgery; laparoscopy
腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう検けん査さ
laparoscopy
腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう下か手しゅ術じゅつ
laparoscopic surgery

Written forms

腹腔鏡
- ふくくうきょう
  Standard kanji spelling for the medical instrument.
- ふくこうきょう
  Alternate reading; ふくくうきょう is more common.
- ふっこうきょう
  Rare contracted reading.
ふくこうきょう
ふっこうきょう

Etymology

Compound of 腹腔 (abdominal cavity) + 鏡 (mirror/scope).