noun
- Plural of bronchoscopy; medical procedures in which a thin, flexible tube with a camera is inserted into the airways to examine the lungs and bronchi.
Usage: Medical/clinical term; Always plural form
Examples
- The pulmonologist performed several bronchoscopies to diagnose the patient's persistent cough.
- Multiple bronchoscopies were scheduled to monitor the progression of the lung disease.
- The hospital conducted bronchoscopies on five patients during the morning clinic.
- Bronchoscopies are commonly used to collect tissue samples from the respiratory tract.
- The doctor recommended a series of bronchoscopies to investigate the abnormal findings on the chest X-ray.