Associations to the word «Centesis»

Wiktionary

CENTESIS, noun. (medicine) (surgery) puncture or perforation

Dictionary definition

CENTESIS, noun. (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope