- pleuroscopy
- pleuroscopie
English-French medical dictionary. 2015.
pleuroscopy
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pleuroscopy — SYN: thoracoscopy. [pleuro + G. skopeo, to inspect] * * * pleu·ros·co·py (ploor osґkə pe) [pleuro + scopy] thoracoscopy … Medical dictionary
thoracoscopy — Examination of the pleural cavity with an endoscope. SYN: pleuroscopy. [thoraco + G. skopeo, to view] * * * tho·ra·cos·co·py .thōr ə käs kə pē, .thȯr n, pl pies examination of the chest and esp. the pleural cavity by means of a thoracoscope * *… … Medical dictionary
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