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thoracoplasty

/,θɔ:rәkәu'plæsti/

📖 中文释义

  1. n. [医]胸廓成形术
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially,
  2. the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural
  3. cavity in cases of empyema.