Thoracoplasty

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thoracoplasty \Tho`ra*co*plas"ty\, n. [Thorax + plasty.] (Med.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]