Word
centesis, n.
(centeses)
(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
<noun.act>
centesis
semantic pointers
hypernym
puncture
domain of synset (topic)
surgery
hyponym
abdominocentesis, paracentesis
amniocentesis, amnio
arthrocentesis
celiocentesis
lumbar puncture, spinal puncture, spinal tap
thoracocentesis, thoracentesis