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THORACOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thoracotomy mean?
• THORACOTOMY (noun)
The noun THORACOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
Familiarity information: THORACOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("thoracotomy" is a kind of...):
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))
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