thoracoplasty - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'thoracoplasty' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Thoracoplasty

[ n.]

- A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.

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tho thole tholed tholing thomaean thomaism thomean thomism thomist thomite

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