Plural form of centesis; medical procedures involving puncture of a body cavity for drainage or sampling.
From Greek 'kentesis' (puncture), from 'kentein' (to prick or pierce). The plural adds the English '-es' to the Greek-derived singular.
Medical procedures with '-centesis' in the name are incredibly precise—a lumbar puncture, a thoracentesis—where doctors are literally piercing specific spaces with millimeters of accuracy.
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