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LARYNGOSCOPY

Definition: LARYNGOSCOPY

LARYNGOSCOPY

Noun

1. The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: LARYNGOSCOPY

DomainDefinitions

Health

Examination, therapy, or surgery of the interior of the larynx performed with a specially designed endoscope. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: LARYNGOSCOPY

English words defined with "LARYNGOSCOPY": Laryngoscopist. (references)

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Commercial Usage: LARYNGOSCOPY

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: LARYNGOSCOPY

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Two routine tests are indirect and direct laryngoscopy. (references)

A direct laryngoscopy is performed in the operating room under general anesthesia. (references)

An indirect laryngoscopy is done in an office by a speech-language pathologist or by a doctor. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: LARYNGOSCOPY

"LARYNGOSCOPY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LARYNGOSCOPY" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LARYNGOSCOPY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

laryngoscopy

16

direct laryngoscopy

3

laryngoscopy procedure

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: LARYNGOSCOPY

Language Translations for "LARYNGOSCOPY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

ларингоскопия. (various references)

   

Danish

  

svævelaryngoskopi (suspension laryngoscopy). (various references)

   

French

  

laryngoscopie indirecte (indirect laryngoscopy). (various references)

   

German

  

Schwebelaryngoskopie (suspension laryngoscopy), Kehlkopfspiegelung (indirect laryngoscopy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

laringoscopia indiretta (indirect laryngoscopy), laringoscopia in sospensione (suspension laryngoscopy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aryngoscopylay

   

Portuguese

  

laringoscopia em suspensão (suspension laryngoscopy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

laringoscopia indirecta (indirect laryngoscopy). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

ларингоскопія. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "LARYNGOSCOPY"

Words rhyming with "LARYNGOSCOPY" (pronounced 'Lar`yn*gos"co*py'): Abdominoscopy, AEolotropy, Aeroscopy, Anthroposcopy, Antitypy, Apanthropy, Aphilanthropy, Astroscopy, Auriscopy, Autotypy, balneotherapy, Bumblepuppy, Cerebroscopy, Chappy, Chirrupy, Choppy, Concupy, Courtepy, Cranioscopy, Cuppy, Cynanthropy, Daguerreotypy, Deuteroscopy, Ectopy, Electro-bioscopy, Electrotypy, Emmetropy, Endoscopy, Episcopy, Floppy, fluoroscopy, Fool-happy, Galvanoscopy, gastroscopy, Geloscopy, Geoscopy, Happy, harpy, Heliotypy, Hemitropy, Hepatoscopy, Hieroscopy, Homotypy, horoscopy, hydrotherapy, Ichnoscopy, isotropy, Knappy, Lithotypy, Loppy, lycanthropy, Magnetotherapy, Manoscopy, Metallotherapy, Metoposcopy, microscopy, misanthropy, Mishappy, Myopy, Nauscopy, Nyctalopy, Oneiroscopy, Onomatopy, Ophthalmoscopy, Organoscopy, Ornithoscopy, orthoepy, Otoscopy, Ouroscopy, Overcanopy, Overhappy, Pappy, Paspy, Philanthropy, Phonotypy, Phototherapy, Phototypy, Physianthropy, Pneumotherapy, Polariscopy, Preoccupy, Presbyopy, Psilanthropy, Psychotherapy, Radioscopy, Radiotherapy, Reoccupy, Retinoscopy, rhinoscopy, scrappy, Serotherapy, Serum-therapy, Shoppy, slippy, sloppy, snappy, soppy, Spattling-poppy, stereoscopy, Stereotypy, Stethoscopy, Synepy, Telescopy, Theanthropy, Theophilanthropy, therapy, thermotherapy, Thermotypy, Tittuppy, Tracheoscopy, Trappy, unhappy, Uranoscopy, Urethroscopy, Uroscopy, Zoanthropy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: LARYNGOSCOPY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-g-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-y-y"

-4 letters: aglycons, carpools, clangors, coronals, polarons, polygons, polygony, polynyas, prolongs, pyrology, syncarpy, syncopal.

-5 letters: aglycon, apologs, apology, calypso, carpool, clangor, coronal, coronas, crayons, garcons, glycans, goorals, lagoons, polaron, polygon, polynya, prolans, prologs, prolong, pyrolas, racoons, soprano, spangly, syncarp.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LARYNGOSCOPY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 41 52 59 4E 47 4F 53 43 4F 50 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01000001 01010010 01011001 01001110 01000111 01001111 01010011 01000011 01001111 01010000 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#65 &#82 &#89 &#78 &#71 &#79 &#83 &#67 &#79 &#80 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0041 0052 0059 004E 0047 004F 0053 0043 004F 0050 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

463552594841495337495059

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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