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CULDOCENTESIS


subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 24/08/2001
originator: CATI
check date: 24/08/2001
checker: Pamela
URL: http://www.healthgate.co.uk/sym/caps49.shtml

originator: Arianne
origination date: 19/02/2001

Conceptual Structures
ISAPARACENTESIS
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
MEDICAL-SERVE
PARACENTESIS
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONSAFFECTS-BODY-PART : UTERUS
DESCRIBES : FLUID


English
origination date: 24/08/2001
originator: Pamela
culdocentesispart of speech: noun
reliability code: 9
number: singular
term type: main entry term
definition: examination of the space between the rectum and the uterus involving the removal of liquid by means of a trocar and cannula, a thin needle, or other hollow instrument inserted in the cavity. The liquid is then examined microscopically for cancer cells or other abnormalities. (en)

Spanish
culdocentesisterm type: main entry term
definition: extracción de una pequeña cantidad de líquido existente en la cavidad entre el recto y el útero para su examen microscópico. (es)
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10