laryngoscopies
/ləˈrɪŋɡəˌskoʊpiz/
noun
- Medical procedures in which a doctor uses a special instrument (a laryngoscope) to look inside a person's throat and voice box (larynx).
- The surgeon performed several laryngoscopies last week to check for vocal cord damage.
- After two laryngoscopies, the doctors finally found the cause of her persistent cough.
- Modern laryngoscopies are much safer and less painful than they were fifty years ago.