Usually means: Surgical incision into the chest.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word thoracotomy:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. thoracotomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. thoracotomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thoracotomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. thoracotomy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. thoracotomy: Vocabulary.com
  6. thoracotomy: Wordnik
  7. thoracotomy: Wiktionary
  8. thoracotomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. thoracotomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. thoracotomy: Dictionary.com
  11. Thoracotomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Thoracotomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. thoracotomy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Thoracotomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. thoracotomy: FreeDictionary.org
  16. thoracotomy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. thoracotomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. thoracotomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Thoracotomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Thoracotomy: Merck Manuals
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. thoracotomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. thoracotomy: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  11. Thoracotomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
  12. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thoracotomy)

noun:  (surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.

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