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noun
A medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity, most commonly the abdomen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: abdominocentesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: centesis
History
From para- + -centesis.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
