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noun
The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: incision, section, surgical incision
History
Etymology tree English thoraco- Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English thoracotomy From thoraco- + -tomy.
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