腹ふく腔くう鏡きょう手しゅ術じゅつ

Related words

• 開かい腹ふく手しゅ術じゅつ

  Open surgery, contrasted with laparoscopic surgery as a more invasive traditional method.

• 内ない視し鏡きょう手しゅ術じゅつ

  Endoscopic surgery; a broader term that includes laparoscopy but also other endoscopic procedures.

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Written forms

• 腹腔鏡手術
  • ふくくうきょうしゅじゅつ

    Standard kanji spelling for this medical term.

  • ふくこうきょうしゅじゅつ

    Alternate reading; ふくくうきょうしゅじゅつ is more common.

  • ふっこうきょうしゅじゅつ

    Rare contracted reading; may be encountered in fast speech but not standard.

• ふくこうきょうしゅじゅつ
• ふっこうきょうしゅじゅつ

Etymology

Compound of 腹腔 (abdominal cavity), 鏡 (scope), and 手術 (surgery). A modern medical term.