ARTHROSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arthroscopy mean? 

• ARTHROSCOPY (noun)
  The noun ARTHROSCOPY has 1 sense:

1. a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision

  Familiarity information: ARTHROSCOPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTHROSCOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("arthroscopy" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)