transthoracicadj.
Medicine.
Occurring or carried out through the wall of the thorax or across the thoracic cavity.
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thoraciform1826
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thoracico-abdominal1870
thoracacromial1887
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thoracico-humeral1891
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transthoracic1905
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transthoracic1905
1905 J. F. Binnie Man. Operative Surg. iii. xii. 429 Close the wound in the diaphragm with sutures introduced by the transthoracic route.
1965 Dis. Chest XLVIII. 297/1 Suction aspiration of the lung (transthoracic lung puncture).
1973 Sci. Amer. Feb. 11/1 (advt.) A plug-in module monitors respiration from a set of skin electrodes that detect changes in transthoracic impedance due to respiration.
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