mastoideocentesis

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mastoideocentesis /mas·toi·deo·cen·te·sis/ (mas-toid″e-o-sen-te´sis) paracentesis of the mastoid cells.

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Surgical puncture of the mastoid sinuses and the mastoid antrum.

antrum [an´trum] (pl. an´tra, antrums) (L.)

a cavity or chamber. adj., adj an´tral.

antrum of Highmore maxillary sinus.

mastoid antrum an air space in the mastoid portion of the temporal bone communicating with the middle ear and the mastoid cells.

antrum maxilla´re (maxillary antrum) maxillary sinus.

pyloric antrum (antrum pylo´ricum) the proximal, expanded portion of the pyloric part of the stomach.

tympanic antrum (antrum tympa´nicum) mastoid antrum.

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