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Centesis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Puncture or perforation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέντησις (kéntēsis, “the act of pricking”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “I prick”).

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