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腹腔鏡下手術 (ふくくうきょうかしゅじゅつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう下か手しゅ術じゅつ

also: ふくこうきょうかしゅじゅつ · ふっこうきょうかしゅじゅつ

Meanings

1

noun

laparoscopic surgery

medicine

Medical term for minimally invasive surgery using a laparoscope. Often abbreviated as 腹腔鏡手術 in clinical settings.

See also: 腹腔鏡手術

腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう下か手しゅ術じゅつは開かい腹ふく手しゅ術じゅつより回かい復ふくが早はやい。
Laparoscopic surgery has a faster recovery than open surgery.
この病びょう院いんでは多おおくの手しゅ術じゅつを腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう下か手しゅ術じゅつで行おこなっている。
This hospital performs many surgeries laparoscopically.

Written forms

腹腔鏡下手術
- ふくくうきょうかしゅじゅつ
  Standard kanji form. The reading ふくくうきょうかしゅじゅつ is the most common pronunciation.
- ふくこうきょうかしゅじゅつ
  Alternate reading; ふくこう is a common variant of 腹腔.
- ふっこうきょうかしゅじゅつ
  Rare reading with gemination; may be encountered in fast speech or some dialects.
ふくこうきょうかしゅじゅつ
ふっこうきょうかしゅじゅつ

Kanji

abdomen, belly, stomach

腔body cavity

鏡mirror, speculum, barrel-head

下below, down, descend

手hand

術art, technique, skill

Similar words

腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう手しゅ術じゅつ
Shorter synonym; often used interchangeably, but 腹腔鏡下手術 explicitly includes 下 (under) to emphasize the laparoscopic approach.
開かい腹ふく手しゅ術じゅつ
Open surgery (laparotomy); the traditional alternative to laparoscopic surgery.

Etymology

Compound of 腹腔鏡 (laparoscope) + 下 (under) + 手術 (surgery), literally 'surgery under a laparoscope'. The term is a modern medical coinage.