| AMNIOCENTESIS | • amniocentesis n. (Medicine) A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle… • AMNIOCENTESIS n. a surgical insertion of a needle into the uterus. |
| CARDIOCENTESIS | • cardiocentesis n. (Surgery) incision or puncture into the heart. • CARDIOCENTESIS n. surgical puncture of the heart. |
| CENTESIMAL | • centesimal adj. Divided into a hundred parts. • centesimal adj. Describing a hundredth part. • CENTESIMAL adj. counting or counted by hundreds or hundredths. |
| CENTESIMALLY | • centesimally adv. According to a division into 100 parts. • CENTESIMAL adv. counting or counted by hundreds or hundredths. |
| CENTESIMALS | • CENTESIMAL n. a hundredth. |
| CENTESIMI | • centesimi n. Plural of centesimo. • CENTESIMO n. (Spanish) a copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. |
| CENTESIMO | • centesimo n. (Historical) A unit of currency constituting one hundredth of a lira. • centesimo n. A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of the main currency in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile. • CENTESIMO n. (Spanish) a copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. |
| CENTESIMOS | • centesimos n. Plural of centesimo. • CENTESIMO n. (Spanish) a copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. |
| CENTESIS | • centesis n. (Medicine, surgery) puncture or perforation. • -centesis suff. (Medicine) Puncture and aspiration of. • CENTESIS n. (Greek) a surgical puncture. |
| CORDOCENTESIS | • cordocentesis n. (Surgery) The removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing. • 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. |
| ENTEROCENTESIS | • enterocentesis n. (Surgery) puncture of the intestine (in order to take a sample of its contents). • ENTEROCENTESIS n. operative puncturing of the intestine. |
| PARACENTESIS | • paracentesis n. (Surgery) A medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity, most commonly the abdomen. • PARACENTESIS n. the tapping of body fluid. |
| PLEUROCENTESIS | • pleurocentesis n. Synonym of thoracentesis. • PLEUROCENTESIS n. the surgical puncture of the pleural cavity using a hollow needle, in order to withdraw fluid, drain blood, etc. |
| THORACENTESIS | • thoracentesis n. (Surgery) A medical procedure involving needle drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space. • THORACENTESIS n. surgery performed to draw off fluid from the pleural cavity, also THORACOCENTESIS. |
| THORACOCENTESIS | • thoracocentesis n. Thoracentesis. • 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. |