noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/lapəˈɹɒskəpi/
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rhymes with -ɒskəpi
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
Near-synonym: laparoscopic surgery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laparoscopic surgery
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laparotomy
History
Etymology
From laparo- (“flank”) + -scopy, after German Laparoskopie.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
laparoskopie
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Arabic:
تنظير البطن
(tanzir al-batn)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Armenian:
լապարասկոպիա
(laparaskopia)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Bulgarian:
лапароскопи́я
(laparoskopíja)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Catalan:
laparoscòpia
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Chinese Mandarin:
腹腔鏡檢查 /腹腔镜检查
(fùqiāngjìng jiǎnchá)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Czech:
laparoskopie
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Danish:
laparoskopi
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Dutch:
laparoscopie
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Finnish:
laparoskopia
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
French:
laparoscopie
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Galician:
laparoscopia
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Galician:
laparoscopía
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
German:
Bauchspiegelung
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
German:
Laparoskopie
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Greek:
λαπαροσκόπηση
(laparoskópisi)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Greek:
λαπαροσκοπία
(laparoskopía)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Hebrew:
לַפָּרוֹסְקוֹפְּיָה
(laparoskopia)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Hungarian:
laparoszkópia
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Icelandic:
kviðsjáraðgerð
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Ido:
laparoskopio
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Indonesian:
laparoskopi
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Irish:
laparascópacht
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Japanese:
腹腔鏡
(fukukōkyō)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Kannada:
ಉದರದರ್ಶಕ
(udaradarśaka)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Latvian:
laparoskopija
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Lithuanian:
laparoskopija
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Macedonian:
лапароскопија
(laparoskopija)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Marathi:
लॅपरोस्कोपी
(lĕproskopī)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Norwegian Bokmål:
laparoskopi
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Norwegian Nynorsk:
laparoskopi
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Polish:
laparoskopia
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Portuguese:
laparoscopia
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Romanian:
laparoscopie
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Russian:
лапароскопи́я
(laparoskopíja)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Serbo-Croatian:
лапароско̀пија
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Serbo-Croatian:
laparoskòpija
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Sinhalese:
ප්රකාශතන්තුරේක්ෂය
(prakāśatanturēkṣaya)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Slovak:
laparoskopia
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Slovene:
laparoskopija
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Spanish:
laparoscopia
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Spanish:
laparoscopía
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Swedish:
laparoskopi
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Swedish:
laparoskopisk kirurgi
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Tamil:
லப்பிரச்கொப்பி
(lappirackoppi)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Turkish:
laparoskopi
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Ukrainian:
лапароскопі́я
(laparoskopíja)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Uzbek:
лапароскопия
(laparoskopiya)
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Uzbek:
laparoskopiya
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
Vietnamese:
nội soi ổ bụng
— examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity
