TAPPING
\tˈapɪŋ], \tˈapɪŋ], \t_ˈa_p_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of TAPPING
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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1. Tapotement. 2. Thoracentesis, paracentesis, etc.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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In surg. paracentesis, or the operation of removing fluid from any of the serous cavities of the body in which it has collected in large quantity.
By Daniel Lyons
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Hymenolepis
- A genus of small tapeworms birds and mammals. A genus of Cestoda or tapeworms. A cestode worm order Cyclophyllideae, family Hymenolepinidae, genus Hymenolepis. includes several genera, such as H. Diminuta, occasionally infesting children, and Nana, or the dwarf tapeworm of children. Flavopuncta. See Taenia flavopuncta, under tenia.