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胸廓切开术

xiōng kuò qiē kāi shùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
thoracotomy (medicine)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3f5d1e72c627c811. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

胸廓切開術 胸廓切开术 [xiong1 kuo4 qie1 kai1 shu4] /thoracotomy (medicine)/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 胸廓切開術

  • 胸
    xiōng

    chest / bosom / heart / mind / thorax

  • 廓
    kuò

    (bound form) extensive; vast / (bound form) outline; general shape / (bound form) to expand; to extend

  • 切
    qiē

    to cut; to slice; to carve / (math.) tangential

    qiè

    definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fǎn qiè] system should be applied to the previous two characters)

  • 开
    kāi

    to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

  • 术
    zhú

    (bound form) Atractylodes (genus of perennial herbs in the daisy family, used in TCM)

    shù

    (bound form) art; skill; discipline / (bound form) method; technique; strategy

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.