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Thoracoplasty
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thoracoplasty'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/thoracoplasty.html. 1828.