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What is the noun for thoracotomy?

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thorax
  1. (anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
  2. (entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The scalene muscles as a whole are considered as the intercostal muscles of the thorax, located in the neck.”
      “There are four pairs of biramous cephalic appendages, which differ only very slightly from the appendages of the thorax.”
      “The carapace of a zoea covers the head and the forward portion of the thorax.”
thoracotomy
  1. (surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Techniques for pleurodesis include thoracotomy, thoracoscopy, chest tube insertion, and thoracentesis.”
      “The patient was subsequently referred to our hospital, where he underwent thoracotomy with left upper lobectomy and partial pericardiectomy.”
      “Some benefit has been observed when using epidural opiates alone for mastectomy, thoracotomy, extremity surgery and lower abdominal surgery.”
thoracic
  1. (zoology) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.
thoracopod
  1. Any appendage attached to the thorax of an animal
  2. Examples:
    1. “We find that thoracopod 1 in taxa of both families is similar, of 7 articles and forms a maxilliped.”
thoracopathy
  1. (rare) disease of the thorax
thoracalgia
  1. (medicine) pain in the thorax
thoracotomies
  1. plural of thoracotomy
  2. Examples:
    1. “Finally, it has been well documented that anterolateral thoracotomies in infants can lead to breast and pectoral muscle maldevelopment.”
      “A good alternative to thoracic epidural analgesia for thoracotomies is paravertebral blocks due to a lower incidence of complications.”
thoracopods
  1. plural of thoracopod
thoracics
  1. plural of thoracic
thoraces
  1. plural of thorax
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These pheromones were taken by hexane extracts from wholes bodies and thoraces of unmated females.”
      “Males have white tufts on their thoraces and a broad white band above the bases of the legs, and these features are less conspicuous in females.”
      “Heads and thoraces were put in 1.5 µl eppendorf tubes and stored over silica gel for later DNA extraction.”
thoraxes
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