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Definition: LARYNGOSCOPY |
LARYNGOSCOPYNoun1. The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
Crosswords: LARYNGOSCOPY |
| English words defined with "LARYNGOSCOPY": Laryngoscopist. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
laryngoscopy | 16 |
direct laryngoscopy | 3 |
laryngoscopy procedure | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 laringoscopia em suspensão (suspension laryngoscopy). (various references) laringoscopia indirecta (indirect laryngoscopy). (various references) ларингоскопія. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 41 52 59 4E 47 4F 53 43 4F 50 59 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- .-. -.--. -. --. --- ... -.-. --- .--. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01010010 01011001 01001110 01000111 01001111 01010011 01000011 01001111 01010000 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A R Y N G O S C O P Y |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)463552594841495337495059 |
| 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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