Pneumonocentesis


pneumonocentesis pneu·mo·no·cen·te·sis (nōō’mə-nō-sěn-tē’sĭs, nyōō’-) or pneu·mo·cen·te·sis (nōō’mō-, nyōō’-)
n.
Paracentesis of the lung.

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