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thoracocentesis

thoracocentesis is the alternative form of thoracentesis.

Meaning of thoracentesis

Noun

thoracentesis (plural thoracenteses)

  1. A medical procedure involving needle drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space.

Forms of thoracocentesis

pluralthoracocenteses

Origin of thoracocentesis

By surface analysis, thoraco- + -centesis.

Questions about thoracocentesis

What is thoracocentesis the alternative form of?
Thoracocentesis is the alternative form of thoracentesis.

Words near thoracocentesis in the dictionary

  1. thoracoabdominal
  2. thoracoabdominopelvic
  3. thoracoacromial
  4. thoracobiliary
  5. thoracocenteses
  6. thoracocentesis
  7. thoracocervical
  8. thoracocyllosis
  9. thoracodorsal
  10. thoracodorsalis
  11. thoracodynia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thoracocentesis (page history and authors); thoracentesis (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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