thoracotomise

English

Etymology

thoracotomy +‎ -ise

Verb

thoracotomise (third-person singular simple present thoracotomises, present participle thoracotomising, simple past and past participle thoracotomised)

1. To perform, or to undergo thoracotomy
   • 1976, AW Duggan, JG Hall, PM Headley, “Morphine, enkephalin and the substantia gelatinosa”, in Nature:

     Another method of dissociating the dual influence of central drive and lung inflation is to thoracotomise an otherwise intact anaesthetised animal and to ventilate its lungs with a pump.

   • 1999, JA Petersen, BU Duch, H Gregersen, “Luminal cross-sectional area and wall distensibility in the isolated porcine oesophagus”, in International Journal of Surgical Investigation, volume 1, number 1:

     Four pigs were thoracotomised and the oesophagus was isolated from adjacent organs

   • 2015 September 22, “Cardiac Dysfunction Induced by Obesity Is Not Related to β -Adrenergic System Impairment at the Receptor-Signalling Pathway”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     After 15 weeks of developing obesity, animals were anaesthetised by ketamine injection (50 mg/kg) and xylazine (0.5 mg/kg), decapitated, and thoracotomised, and the fat pads of adipose tissue were dissected and weighed.

Anagrams

• thoracotomies