PARACENTESIS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 8

(Lat.), n. f. Pa2r(pa3r)-a3-se2nt(ke2nt)-e(aVsi2s. Gen., -es'eos (-is). Gr., irapo.KfVTi]<ri<;. Fr., paraceniese. Ger., Paracentese, Abzapfen, Abzapfwiy. The act of puncturing a part or organ for the removal of fluid matter, [a, 48.] PARACENTETERION (Lat.), [s. 207]