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Thoracotomy

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. 2
    surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity wordnet

Etymology

From thoraco- + -tomy.

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