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noun
A medical procedure involving needle drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: thoracocentesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: centesis
History
By surface analysis, thora(co)- + -centesis.
Across languages
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