thoracotomise

present singular third person thoracotomises · participle present thoracotomising · participle past thoracotomised · past thoracotomised

1. To perform, or to undergo thoracotomy

   Four pigs were thoracotomised and the oesophagus was isolated from adjacent organs

   1999, JA Petersen, BU Duch, H Gregersen, “Luminal cross-sectional area and wall distensibility in the isolated porcine oesophagus”, in International Journal of Surgical Investigation, volume 1, number 1

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   Another method of dissociating the dual influence of central drive and lung inflation is to thoracotomise an otherwise intact anaesthetised animal and to ventilate its lungs with a pump.

   1976, AW Duggan, JG Hall, PM Headley, “Morphine, enkephalin and the substantia gelatinosa”, in Nature

   After 15 weeks of developing obesity, animals were anaesthetised by ketamine injection (50 mg/kg) and xylazine (0.5 mg/kg), decapitated, and thoracotomised, and the fat pads of adipose tissue were dissected and weighed.

   2015 September 22, “Cardiac Dysfunction Induced by Obesity Is Not Related to β -Adrenergic System Impairment at the Receptor-Signalling Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI