Question | Answer |
Abnormal or altered tissue (wound or boil) | Lesion |
Term used to describe a cancerous tumor that grows worse over time | Malignant |
Swelling or enlargement; a spontaneous growth of tissue that forms an abnormal mass | Tumor |
Localized collection of pus that will result in the disintegration of tissue over time | Abscess |
Closed sac containing matter of fluid | Cyst |
Not progressive or recurrent; usually used to describe a growth that does not spread to another location in the body | Benign |
Surgically cutting into | Incisional |
Removal or an entire lesion for biopsy | Excisional |
Use of a needle and a syringe to withdraw fluid | Aspiration |
Use of a small hollow instrument to puncture a lesion | Punch |
To remedy replace or heal | Repair |
Suffix meaning technique involving molding or surgically forming | -plasty |
Free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a wound or cavity | Drainage |
Cutting or taking away | Excision |
To unite parts by stitching them together | Suture |
Inspection of body organs or cavities by the use of a lighted scope that may be placed through an existing opening or through a small incision | Endoscopy |
Scraping of a cavity using a spoon-shaped insturment | Curettage |
Forcing of a fluid into a vessel or cavity | Injection |
Suffix meaning suturing | -rrhaphy |
Suffix meaning puncture of a cavity | -centesis |
Suffix meaning removal of a part of all of an organ of the body | -ectomy |
Removal of a small piece of living tissue for diagnostic purposes | Biopsy |
Surgically cutting into | incision |
Binding or tying off, as in constricting blood flow of a vessel or binding fallopian tubes for sterilization | Ligation |
Suffix meaning incision into | -otomy |