Medical Definition of Cephalocentesis

1. Passage of a hollow needle or trocar and cannula into the brain to drain or aspirate an abscess or the fluid of a hydrocephalus. Origin: cephalo-+ G. Kentesis, puncture (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalocentesis

cephalin
cephaline
cephalins
cephalitis
cephalization
cephalizations
cephalo-
cephalo-oculocutaneous telangiectasia
cephalo-orbital index
cephalocarid
cephalocarids
cephalocaudal
cephalocaudal axis
cephalocaudal trend
cephalocele
cephalocentesis (current term)
cephalochord
cephalochordate
cephalochordates
cephalodactyly
cephalodidymus
cephalodiprosopus
cephalodynia
cephaloedema
cephalogenesis
cephaloglycin
cephalogram
cephalogyric
cephalohaematoma
cephalohematocele

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