mediastinoscopen.
/ˌmiːdɪəˈstʌɪnəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˌmidiəˈstaɪnəˌskoʊp/ Medicine.
An endoscope used to perform mediastinoscopy.
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peritoneoscope1939
toposcope1951
fibrescope1954
mediastinoscope1966
fetoscope1968
angioscope1980
1966 Ann. Thoracic Surg. 2 752 (title) An approach to cystic lesions of the mediastinum via the mediastinoscope.
1980 Southern Med. Jrnl. 73 1539 A metallic mediastinal foreign body, which..resulted in a mediastinal abscess, was removed through the mediastinoscope.
1998 European Jrnl. Cardiothoracic Surg. 13 491 The adenopathies were solitary or located in positions not within reach of the mediastinoscope.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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