||Tho`ra*cen*te"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
thorax + &?; pricking, from &?; to prick, stab.] (Surg.) The
operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained
in the cavity of the chest.
||Tho`ra*cen*te"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
thorax + &?; pricking, from &?; to prick, stab.] (Surg.) The
operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained
in the cavity of the chest.