embryoscopy

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embryoscopy

[em′brē·os′kəpē]

the direct examination of an embryo by insertion of a lighted instrument through the mother's abdominal wall and uterus. The technique may be used to obtain tissue specimens for analysis or to perform needed surgery.

embryoscopy

Obstetrics An imaging technique in which an ultrasound-guided small-bore needle with an endoscope is inserted through the abdominal wall into the uterus–without violating the amniotic cavity, to view a living embryo. Cf Fetoscopy.

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