thoracotomize

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A form of thoracotomise — To perform, or to undergo thoracotomy

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Meanings

verbthoracotomize (third-person singular simple present thoracotomizes, present participle thoracotomizing, simple past and past participle thoracotomized)

present singular third person thoracotomizes · participle present thoracotomizing · participle past thoracotomized · past thoracotomized

  1. alternativeAlternative form of thoracotomise.

    The experiments were performed in pentobarbital-anaesthetized cats which were paralyzed, thoracotomized and artifically ventilated.

    1985, A.L. Bianchi, Monique Denavit-Saubie, Neurogenesis of Central Respiratory Rhythm, →ISBN
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    If the extra- spinal protrusion of the neoplasm is small, the neurosurgeon thoracotomizes the patient and resects the neoplasm at one surgical seance.

    1958, George Thomas Pack, Irving M. Ariel, Tumors of the soft somatic tissues: a clinical treatise, page 594

    Animals sacrified immediately after trauma were rapidly thoracotomized for perfusion fixation of the brain through the left cardiac ventricle, starting with isotonic saline for 30 s followed by 2% buffered paraformaldehyde (pH 7.4) for 20 min.

    2012, Bernhard L. Bauer, Mario Brock, Margareta Klinger, Advances in Neurosurgery: Cerebellar Infarct, Midline Tumors, Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Neurosurgery, →ISBN
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APA

thoracotomize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracotomize

MLA

“thoracotomize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracotomize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoracotomize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracotomize.

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