thoracocentesis
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Definition
- Noun:
- A medical procedure involving the removal of fluid from the chest cavity: Thoracocentesis is a surgical puncture of the chest wall to aspirate fluid from the pleural space for diagnostic analysis or therapeutic relief.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The patient's respiratory distress necessitated an emergency thoracocentesis.
- Analysis of the fluid obtained via thoracocentesis confirmed the diagnosis of pneumonia.
- Thoracocentesis provided immediate therapeutic relief by draining the pleural effusion.
Advanced Usage
- "Diagnostic thoracocentesis": A procedure performed primarily to obtain a fluid sample for laboratory analysis to determine the cause of a pleural effusion.
- Diagnostic thoracocentesis revealed malignant cells in the pleural fluid.
- "Therapeutic thoracocentesis": A procedure performed primarily to relieve symptoms like shortness of breath by removing a large volume of fluid.
- Therapeutic thoracocentesis was performed to alleviate the patient's dyspnea.
Variants and Related Words
- Pleurocentesis (n): A synonym for thoracocentesis; the surgical puncture of the pleural cavity.
- Thoracentesis (n): The more common modern spelling and synonym for thoracocentesis.
- Centesis (n): A general surgical term for a puncture or perforation, often to remove fluid.
Synonyms
- Thoracentesis: The puncture of the chest wall for fluid aspiration.
- Pleurocentesis: Puncture of the pleural cavity.
- Chest tap: An informal term for the procedure.
Related Phrases
- "To perform a thoracocentesis": To carry out the medical procedure.
- The pulmonologist will perform a thoracocentesis this afternoon.
- "Ultrasound-guided thoracocentesis": The procedure performed with the aid of ultrasound imaging for precision.
- Ultrasound-guided thoracocentesis minimizes the risk of complications.
Noun
- removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes