thoracoplasty

English - Turkish

Definition of thoracoplasty in English Turkish dictionary

(Tıp) Göğüs üzerinde yapılan plastik ameliyat

(Tıp) Kaburgalar kesilerek akciğerinkollaps haline getirilmesi

(Tıp) Torakoplasti

English - English

Definition of thoracoplasty in English English dictionary

Surgery of the chest, usually involving removal of ribs

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

{i} surgery performed on the thorax

Hyphenation

tho·ra·co·plas·ty

Etymology

() From thorax + -plasty