| CENTESES | • centeses n. Plural of centesis. • CENTESIS n. (Greek) a surgical puncture. | 
| EROTESES | • eroteses n. Plural of erotesis. • EROTESIS n. (Greek) a rhetorical question, also EROTEMA, EROTEME. | 
| ATHETESES | • atheteses n. Plural of athetesis. • ATHETESIS n. the rejection of a passage as spurious. | 
| ECBLASTESES | • ECBLASTESIS n. proliferation of a floral axis. | 
| DIPLOMATESES | • DIPLOMATESE n. the language of diplomacy. | 
| PARACENTESES | • paracenteses n. Plural of paracentesis. • PARACENTESIS n. the tapping of body fluid. | 
| TYMPANITESES | • TYMPANITES n. the distention of the abdomen by flatulence, also TYMPANY. | 
| AMNIOCENTESES | • amniocenteses n. Plural of amniocentesis. • AMNIOCENTESIS n. a surgical insertion of a needle into the uterus. | 
| CORDOCENTESES | • cordocenteses n. Plural of cordocentesis. • CORDOCENTESIS n. the removal of a sample of fetal blood from the umbilical vein by inserting a hollow needle through the wall of the pregnant woman's abdomen. | 
| PREDIABETESES | • PREDIABETES n. an asymptomatic abnormal state that precedes the development of clinically evident diabetes. | 
| THORACENTESES | • thoracenteses n. Plural of thoracentesis. • THORACENTESIS n. surgery performed to draw off fluid from the pleural cavity, also THORACOCENTESIS. | 
| BUREAUCRATESES | • BUREAUCRATESE n. the language of bureaucrats. | 
| CARDIOCENTESES | • cardiocenteses n. Plural of cardiocentesis. • CARDIOCENTESIS n. surgical puncture of the heart. | 
| ENTEROCENTESES | • ENTEROCENTESIS n. operative puncturing of the intestine. | 
| GOVERNMENTESES | • GOVERNMENTESE n. jargon held to be characteristic of government officials. | 
| PLEUROCENTESES | • PLEUROCENTESIS n. the surgical puncture of the pleural cavity using a hollow needle, in order to withdraw fluid, drain blood, etc. | 
| THORACOCENTESES | • thoracocenteses n. Plural of thoracocentesis. • THORACOCENTESIS n. surgery performed to draw off fluid from the pleural cavity, usually using a hollow needle inserted through the wall of the chest, also THORACENTESIS. |