Top 100 Languages by Population. These are the top 100 languages in order of number of first language speakers. This is from the 13th Edition of the Ethnologue (1996). More up-to-date information may well be avaliable. www.ethnologue.com is by far, the best language resource I've found on the web and much more detailed information about individual languages is avaliable there.
exploratory. 1  pertaining to or concerned with exploration: an exploratory operation. 2  inclined to make explorations.
Purpose. Exploratory laparotomy is a method of abdominal exploration, a diagnostic tool that allows physicians to examine the abdominal organs. The procedure may be recommended for a patient who has abdominal pain of unknown origin or who has sustained an injury to the abdomen.uring exploratory laparotomy for cancer, a pelvic washing may be performed; sterile fluid is instilled into the abdominal cavity and washed around the abdominal organs, then withdrawn and analyzed for the presence of abnormal cells. This may indicate that a cancer has begun to spread (metastasize).