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Laryngoscope

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A tubular endoscope that is inserted into the larynx through the mouth and used for observing the interior of the larynx.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. an endoscope used for viewing the interior of the larynx

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.

n. A type of endoscope having a light source and lenses, permitting theviewing of a magnified image of the larynx. It may be flexible or rigid.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A contrivance for examining the larynx and trachea.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a medical instrument for examining the larynx

Word Usage

"I would have run and burst through the door, and there would have been the warmer and oxygen supply and bulb suction, the bag mask and laryngoscope and ET tube, waiting for me."

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medical instrument

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