(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.Celiocentesis
removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis
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A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become o…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.The act of binding, or the state of being bound.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.A sample of tissue taken from the body for diagnostic examination.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.of Bleed
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or du…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallop…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.Words connected by meaning
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The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.a wall of the abdomen
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.of Abdominal
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.removal of fluid from a joint by centesis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.See Coellac.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.endoscopic examination of the abdomen through the abdominal wall
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.A cutting out or away.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.See Fluid ounce, under Fluid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: removal, fluid, abdomen, centesis.Explore Academic Dictionary
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