Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arthroscopy

1 sense of arthroscopy

Sense 1
arthroscopy -- (a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision)
       => 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; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")