| NOMBRE | act | centesis, punción | (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid |
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| Sentido | (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid. | |
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| Sinónimo | punción | |
| Categoría | cirugía | The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures |
| Específico | abdominocentesis, paracentesis | centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis |
| amniocentesis, amnio | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities | |
| artrocentesis | removal of fluid from a joint by centesis | |
| celiocentesis | removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | |
| punción lumbar, raquicentesis | removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | |
| toracocentesis | removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | |
| Inglés | centesis | |
| Catalán | centesi, punció | |
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