Visual examination of the abdominal cavity using a special instrument called a laparoscope.
From Greek koilios (belly) + skopein (to look, examine). A medical term using the productive -scopy suffix to describe diagnostic procedures involving visual inspection.
Coelioscopy is basically another name for laparoscopy—doctors stick a tiny camera through a small cut in your belly to see what's wrong inside without opening you up completely.
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