- abdominal paracentesis
- insertion of a trocar through an incision into the peritoneal cavity to inject a therapeutic agent or remove ascitic fluid. Called also abdominocentesis and peritoneocentesis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
abdominal paracentesis
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