THORACOTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("thoracotomy" is a kind of...):

incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))

Credits