Look up: paracentesis

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   Paracentesis
   (Abdominal Paracentesis) Medical procedure to remove unwanted fluid. Abdominal paracentesis involves having a needle put into the abdomen. The needle is attached to a tube and a collecting bag. Fluid that has collected inside the abdomen (ascites) can then be drained away into the bag. See Abdomen, Ascites.
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   Paracentesis
   the insertion of a needle into a body cavity to relieve pressure, inject a drug, or remove a sample for analysis
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   Paracentesis
   Paracentesis: The removal of fluid from a body cavity using a needle, trocar, cannula, or other hollow instrument. A paracentesis may be diagnostic or therapeutic as, for example, in ascites where there is free fluid in the abdominal (peritoneal) cavity. If the cause of the ascites is uncertain, diagnostic paracentesis is done in order to obtain fl ...
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   Paracentesis
   Par`a·cen·te'sis noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to pierce at the side, to tap.] (Medicine) The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.
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   paracentesis
   <procedure> Surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity for the aspiration of peritoneal fluid. ... Origin: Gr. Kentesis = puncture ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   Paracentesis
   Paracentesis is a medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity, most commonly the abdomen. It is used for a number of reasons: * to relieve abdominal pressure from ascites * to diagnose spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and other infections (e.g. abdominal TB) * to diagnose metastatic cancer * to diagnose blood in peritoneal space in trauma * to puncture the tympanic membrane for diagnostic purposes, such as taking a ba...
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   paracentesis
   (par″ә-sen-te´sis) surgical puncture of a cavity for the aspiration of fluid. adj., paracentet´ic., adj. Paracentesis of the abdominal cavity. abdominal paracentesis +insertion of a trocar through a small incision and into the pe...
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   Paracentesis
   • (n.) The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.
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   paracentesis
   (para- + Gr. kentsis puncture) surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity for the aspiration of peritoneal fluid.
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