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  1. thoracoplastynoun

    Surgery of the chest, usually involving removal of ribs.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thoracoplastynoun

    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

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Thoracoplasty

    Surgical removal of ribs, allowing the chest wall to move inward and collapse a diseased lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thoracoplasty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thoracoplasty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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