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Meaning of THORACOTOMY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tho`ra*cot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, thorax + ? to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
 
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Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: surgery to view the lung (that may be used to confirm cancer), or for chest trauma (to detect the source of bleeding).
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Thoracotomy is surgery involving cutting open the chest wall.
 

 

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