(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
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Paracentesis
The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.
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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)
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The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suctio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.of Bear
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.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: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually assoc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.The act of depleting or emptying.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of verte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas.
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