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laparoscopically en · ADV

Etymology

From laparoscopic + -ally.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) By means of laparoscopy.
    • The two flat-screen monitors worked perfectly, on the other hand, affording a full-color, high-definition view of the first patient’s gallbladder, which Dr. Gawande and a surgical resident, Siva Raja, proceeded to remove laparoscopically, after first inserting a fiber-optic camera through a tiny incision in the patient’s abdomen. 2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times:
    • Doctors can perform prostatectomies in one of three different ways: perineally, retropubically, or laparoscopically. 2011, Paul H. Lange, Christine Adamec, Prostate Cancer For Dummies: