CENTESIS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
   Hypernyms(s) centesis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • puncture (what does puncture mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • abdominocentesis (what does abdominocentesis mean?)
   • paracentesis (what does paracentesis mean?)
   • amniocentesis (what does amniocentesis mean?)
   • amnio (what does amnio mean?)
   • arthrocentesis (what does arthrocentesis mean?)
   • celiocentesis (what does celiocentesis mean?)
   • lumbar puncture (what does lumbar puncture mean?)
   • spinal puncture (what does spinal puncture mean?)
   • spinal tap (what does spinal tap mean?)
   • thoracocentesis (what does thoracocentesis mean?)