To Indicate That a Surgical Incision Was Made into the Chest

question 289

Short Answer

To indicate that a surgical incision was made into the chest cavity to access the lung,the thoracic surgeon dictated: "A ____________ was performed."

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Definitions:

Second-order Polynomial

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Parabola

A symmetric, U-shaped curve represented by a quadratic function, found in various mathematical and physical contexts.

Concave

A shape or function curving inward, resembling the interior of a circle or sphere.

Sample Regression Line

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