celioscopy

celioscopy
SYN: peritoneoscopy. [celio- + G. skopeo, to view]

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ce·li·os·co·py or chiefly Brit coe·li·os·co·py .sē-lē-'äs-kə-pē n, pl -pies examination of the abdominal cavity by surgical insertion of an endoscope through the abdominal wall

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ce·li·os·co·py (se″le-osґkə-pe) laparoscopy.

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