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abattis (medicine)


abattis


A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

Origin: F. Abatis, abattis, mass of things beaten or cut down, fr. Abattre.

Source: Websters Dictionary


thoracoplasty (medicine)


thoracoplasty
<medicine> 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.

Origin: Thorax + plasty.

Source: Websters Dictionary