Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Puncture or perforation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: puncture
Narrower terms: abdominocentesis, paracentesis, amniocentesis, amnio, arthrocentesis, celiocentesis, lumbar puncture, spinal puncture, spinal tap, thoracocentesis, thoracentesis
History
From Ancient Greek κέντησις (kéntēsis, “the act of pricking”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “I prick”).
