laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1. 1.

   removal of the gall bladder through small punctures in the abdomen to permit the insertion of a laparoscope and surgical instruments

   Synonymslap choly

   Broadercholecystectomy

Questions about laparoscopic cholecystectomy

What does laparoscopic cholecystectomy mean?

laparoscopic cholecystectomy means "removal of the gall bladder through small punctures in the abdomen to permit the insertion of a laparoscope and surgical instruments".

What is another word for laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

Close synonyms include lap choly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is laparoscopic cholecystectomy a common word?

laparoscopic cholecystectomy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.