laryngoscope

noun

la·​ryn·​go·​scope lə-ˈriŋ-gə-ˌskōp How to pronounce laryngoscope (audio) -ˈrin-jə- How to pronounce laryngoscope (audio)
: an endoscope for examining the interior of the larynx
laryngoscopy
ˌler-ən-ˈgä-skə-pē How to pronounce laryngoscope (audio)
ˌla-rən-
noun

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The laryngoscope is removed and the tube is taped to the side of the face. — USA Today, 10 Apr. 2020 Non-experts placed the tube in an average of 21 seconds, less than half the time needed with advanced video laryngoscopes. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 At the head of the bed, using a laryngoscope, a steel tool with a light at its end, a nurse anesthetist guided a tube almost 9 inches into the patient’s windpipe. — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2020 Studies have shown that video laryngoscopes help with successful placement of breathing tubes at a shorter time compared with the conventional methods. — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 June 2018 Standard intubation tools require clinicians to lift this flap using a rigid metal laryngoscope. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025 Major hospitals such as Raja’s have disposable tips for their video laryngoscopes, allowing them to be quickly cleaned. — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2020 Your doctor may want to use a laryngoscope, a camera on a thin tube placed down your throat, to examine your voice box and determine if postnasal drip or something else is causing your symptoms, Cho says. — Sarah Klein, Time, 13 May 2025 The video shows Kenneth Remy, a critical care physician, fully dressed in personal protective equipment, looking down into the camera while holding a laryngoscope and an endotracheal tube — tools used in the intubation process. — NBC News, 25 Nov. 2020

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First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of laryngoscope was in 1860

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laryngoscope

noun
la·​ryn·​go·​scope
lə-ˈriŋ-gə-ˌskōp also -ˈrin-jə-
: an endoscope for visually examining the interior of the larynx
laryngoscopic
-ˌriŋ-gə-ˈskäp-ik How to pronounce laryngoscope (audio) -ˌrin-jə- How to pronounce laryngoscope (audio)
adjective
or laryngoscopical
-i-kəl How to pronounce laryngoscope (audio)
laryngoscopically
-i-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce laryngoscope (audio)
adverb

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