The medical examination of one's own larynx using an autolaryngoscope or similar self-viewing instrument.
From 'autolaryngoscope' + '-y' (noun-forming suffix denoting a procedure or practice). A specialized medical procedure combining self-examination with diagnostic observation.
Autolaryngoscopy represents the medical world's obsession with enabling self-diagnosis—early doctors resisted it because examining your own throat undermined their professional mystique.
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