See Also: Thoracentesis(health)
thoracentesis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Cheek(medicine)
Cheek(health)
cheek(2)(dictionary)
cheek(1)(dictionary)
cheek muscle(medicine)
cheek retractor(medicine)
cheek retractors(medicine)

cheek tooth (medicine) and thoracentesis (medicine)


cheek tooth (medicine)


cheek tooth -->
molar tooth


A tooth having a somewhat quadrangular crown with four or five cusps on the grinding surface; the root is bifid in the lower jaw, but there are three conical roots in the upper jaw; there are six molars in each jaw, three on either side behind the premolars in the permanent dentition; in the deciduous dentition there are but four molars in each jaw, two on either side behind the canines.

Synonym: dens molaris, cheek tooth, molar, multicuspid tooth.


thoracentesis (medicine)


thoracentesis
<procedure> A medical procedure that involves the removal of fluid from the chest cavity using a hollow bore needle.

Thoracentesis is performed for therapeutic reasons when drawing off large volumes of fluid and for diagnostic reasons (to analyse the fluid).