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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thoracentesis has 1 sense
- thoracentesis(n = noun.act) thoracocentesis - removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes; is a kind of centesis
CIDE DICTIONARY
thoracentesis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. thorax + pricking, from to prick, stab.].
The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest. [1913 Webster]