Question | Answer |
Ablation | Surgical removal of body part. |
Acquired | Disorder contracted after birth; not in inherited or innate. |
Amputation | Removal of a body part, limb, or organ. |
anastomosis | Surgical or pathological connection of two tubular structures. |
Anomaly | Congenital or developmental defect; deviation from normal. |
Arthrocentesis | Surgical puncture of the joint to remove fluid. |
Arthrodesis | To surgically immobilize a joint; fusion |
Aspiration | To draw in by inhaling or draw out by suction. |
Biopsy | Removal of live tissue for microscopic examination. |
Cauterization | Means of destroying tissue, treating infectious wounds, or stopping bleeding with use of chemicals (silver nitrate), heat, freezing, or electrical current. |
Chemosurgery | Use of chemicals to destroy tissue |
Chemotherapy | Use of chemicals to treat disease |
Closed therapy | Tab to treat a condition (such as a fracture) without surgically opening the location. |
Closure | To bring together the edges of a wound. |
Congenital | Condition present from birth; believed to be inherited |
Curettage | Scraping of a cavity to remove tissue, growth, or debris. |
Debridement | Excision of a dead or damaged tissue and foreign matter from the wound |
Decompression | Removal of pressure |
Decortication | Removal of external layer (beneath the capsule) from any organ or structure |
Defect | Imperfection, malformation, dysfunction, or absence. |
Destructive | Causing ruin; opposite of constructive. |
Dialysis | To separate from the blood harmful waste products normally secreted in the urine. |
Dilation | Enlargement of a hollow structure or opening. |
Discission | Incision or cutting into |
Dissection | Cutting of parts for the purpose of separation and study. |
Drainage | Continuous withdrawal of fluid from a wound, sore or cavity. |
Endoscopy | Visual examination of the interior of a canal or hollow internal organ by means of a special instrument. |
Evacuation | Removal of waste material |
Excision | The act of cutting out |
Exploration | An active examination, usually involving endoscopy or a surgical procedure, to aid in diagnosis |
Fixation | The act of holding or fastening immobilize; make rigid. |
Foreign body | Any substance or particle in the body that does not appear, form, or grow naturally |
Fulguration | Destruction by means of high-frequency electric sparks |
Graft | Any organ tissue, or object used or implanting or transplanting to encourage healing, improve function, safeguard against infection, improve appearance, or replace a diseased body organ. |
Immunoassay | Any of several methods used for measuring chemical substances such as hormones, drugs, and specific proteins. |
Implant | Tissue or substance inserted or grafted into the body. |
Incisiion | To cut into. |
Indwelling | Located or implanted inside the body; such as a catheter or tube for drainage or administration of drugs. |
in situ | Localized; in one specific location without disturbing or invading surrounding tissue. |
Instrumentation | Application or use of instruments or tools. |
Internal | within the body. |
Insertion | To place or implant; site of attachment |
Introduction | Device for controlling and directing to insert into the body via tube, needle, oral, or anal entrance. |
Ligation | The process of binding or tying a body structure. |
Lysis | Destruction, decomposition, breakdown, or separation. |
manipulation | Use of hands |
marsupialization | Surgical conversion of a closed cavity (abscess, cyst) into an open pouch to allow healing. |
obstruction | Blockage of any passage |
Open Treatment | Break and open the skin to treat internal parts. |
Paring | Surgical removal by cutting or scraping. |
Percutaneous | Through the skin. |
Qualitative | Word describing character of something.
Moderate, slight, excessive |
Radical | Extreme, drastic Treatment, or surgery aimed at removing all affected tissue and any surrounding tissue. |
Reconstitution | Returning a substance that has been changed to its original state for preservation and storage. |
Reconstruction | Repair, mold, change, or alter to affect recovery. |
Reduction | To restore to a normal position |
Repair | To remedy, replace, or heal; restore to a healthy state. |
Replantation | Surgical replacement of a body part. |
Revision | To amend or alter to correct or improve. |
Resection | Partial excision of a body structure. |
Shunt | An artificial passage constructed to divert flow from one route to another. |
Suture | Material (wire, thread, or staples) used in closing or attaching body tissue; line of union (border of joint) such as between the skull bones. |
Therapy | Treatment of disease or pathologic condition. |
Transection | A cross section; division by cutting transversely |
Transposition | Displacement of an organ from one side of the body to the other; congenital anomaly in which a part of the body normally appearing on the right side is located on the left side of the body. |
Traumatic | Physical or psychological wound or injury. |