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THORACOCENTESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thoracocentesis mean?
• THORACOCENTESIS (noun)
The noun THORACOCENTESIS has 1 sense:
1. removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
Familiarity information: THORACOCENTESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
thoracentesis; thoracocentesis
Hypernyms ("thoracocentesis" is a kind of...):
centesis ((surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid)
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