A nurse is reviewing a client's medical record and reads that the client underwent pericardiocentesis earlier in the year. The nurse should discern from this medical term that the pericardium of the client's heart was:
A) Visualized with a camera
B) Punctured
C) Flushed with a solution
D) Measured
B
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The suffix "-centesis" denotes that a structure was punctured.
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