thoracentesis

Questions about thoracentesis

What is another word for thoracentesis?

It depends which thoracentesis you mean. In the sense “removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes”, the synonyms are thoracocentesis. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of thoracentesis?

WordNet records no antonym for thoracentesis. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for thoracentesis come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of thoracentesis

• Full entry for thoracentesisAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for thoracentesisWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.