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thoracostomy

thoracostomy noun: incision into the chest wall, with maintenance of the opening for drainage.

Noun

thoracostomy (plural thoracostomies)

  1. Incision into the chest wall, with maintenance of the opening for drainage.

thoracostomy meaning in Tamil

thoracostomy in Tamil

மார்பறை வடி துளை, மார்பறை வடி துளையிடல்

Forms of thoracostomy

pluralthoracostomies

Origin of thoracostomy

From thoraco- + -stomy.

Questions about thoracostomy

What does thoracostomy mean?
Thoracostomy means incision into the chest wall, with maintenance of the opening for drainage.
What is thoracostomy in Tamil?
Thoracostomy in Tamil is மார்பறை வடி துளை, மார்பறை வடி துளையிடல். See Thoracostomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thoracostomy?
Thoracostomy is a noun.
What is the plural of thoracostomy?
The plural of thoracostomy is thoracostomies.

Words near thoracostomy in the dictionary

  1. thoracoscopically
  2. thoracoscopies
  3. thoracoscopy
  4. thoracospinal
  5. thoracostomies
  6. thoracostomy
  7. thoracotomies
  8. thoracotomise
  9. thoracotomised
  10. thoracotomises
  11. thoracotomising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thoracostomy (page history and authors); thoracostomy (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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