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cephalocentesis

cephalocentesis noun: puncture of the skull in order to drain excess fluid.

Noun

cephalocentesis (plural cephalocenteses)

  1. puncture of the skull in order to drain excess fluid

cephalocentesis meaning in Tamil

cephalocentesis in Tamil

தலையில் ளயிடல், மண்டைத்துளைப்பு

Forms of cephalocentesis

pluralcephalocenteses

Origin of cephalocentesis

From cephalo- + -centesis.

Questions about cephalocentesis

What does cephalocentesis mean?
Cephalocentesis means puncture of the skull in order to drain excess fluid.
What is cephalocentesis in Tamil?
Cephalocentesis in Tamil is தலையில் ளயிடல், மண்டைத்துளைப்பு. See Cephalocentesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cephalocentesis?
Cephalocentesis is a noun.
What is the plural of cephalocentesis?
The plural of cephalocentesis is cephalocenteses.

Words near cephalocentesis in the dictionary

  1. cephalocaudal trend
  2. cephalocaudal trends
  3. cephalocaudally
  4. cephalocele
  5. cephaloceles
  6. cephalocentesis
  7. cephalocentric
  8. cephalocentrism
  9. cephalochordate
  10. cephalochordates
  11. cephalochromin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cephalocentesis (page history and authors); cephalocentesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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