a. [f. as prec.: see -SCOPIC.] Of or pertaining to the laryngoscope, or to inspection of the larynx.
1861. trans. Czermak’s Uses of Laryngoscope, i. 1. My laryngoscopic studies.
1864. T. Holmes, Syst. Surg. (1870), IV. 518. Mackenzie’s ‘rack movement laryngoscopic lamp’ … is admirably adapted for use in the consulting room.
1872. Cohen, Dis. Throat, 11. A good light is an indispensable prerequisite to a laryngoscopic examination.
1896. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 287. There is slight hoarseness with the laryngoscopic appearances of laryngeal catarrh.
So Laryngoscopical a. = prec.; whence Laryngoscopically adv., with respect to, or by the use of the laryngoscope.
1861. trans. Czermak’s Uses of Laryngoscope, i. 6. On the manner of obtaining the laryngoscopical image enlarged.
1864. T. Holmes, Syst. Surg. (1870), IV. 519. Laryngoscopical and other examinations.
1879. Sat. Rev., 13 Sept., 322. A Committee so laryngoscopically learned.
1880. M. Mackenzie, Dis. Throat & Nose, I. 558. That this condition … arises after tracheotomy has been proved laryngoscopically by Gerhardt.
