(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
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The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.
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(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.(surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "ase…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
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.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.visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an 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.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
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.surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs
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 act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.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: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.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: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.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: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain di…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.Alt. of Electro-puncturing
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.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: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operation, puncturing, chest, wall, liquids.
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