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Minor Office Surgery- Karly Hayes

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A wound in which the outer layers of the skin are damaged; a scrape   Abrasion  
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A collection of pus in a cavity surrounded by inflammed tissue   Abscess  
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Suture material that is gradually digested and absorbed by the body   Absorbable suture  
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The process of bringing two parts, such as tissue, together through the use of suture or other means   Approximation  
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A strip of woven material used to wrap or cover a part of the body   Bandage  
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The surgical removal and examination of tissue from the living body. Biopsies are generally performed to determine whether a tumor is benign or malignant   Biopsy  
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The action that causes liquid to rise along a wick, a tube, or a gauze dressing.   Capillary action  
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A lighted instrument with a binocular magnifying lens used to examine the vagina and cervix   Colposcope  
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The visual examination of the vagina and cervix using a colposcope   Colposcopy  
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As it relates to sterile technique, to cause a sterile object or surface to become unsterile   Contaminate  
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An injury to the tissue under the skin that causes blood vessels to rupture, allowing blood to seep into the tissues; a bruise.   Contusion  
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The therapeutic use of freezing temperatures to destroy abnormal tissue   Cryosurgery  
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A discharge produced by the bodys tissues   Exudate  
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An immature cell from which connective tissue can develop   Fibroblast  
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A two-pronged instrument for grasping and squeezing   Forceps  
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A localized staphylococcal infection that originates deep within a hair follicle. Also known as a boil   Furuncle  
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The arrest of bleeding by natural or artifical means   Hemostasis  
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A clean cut caused by a cutting instrument   Incision  
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The condition in whihc the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen   Infection  
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The process by which a substance passes into and is deposited within the substance of a cell, tissue, or organ   Infiltration  
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A protective response of the body to trauma and the entrance of foreign matter. The purpose of inflammation is to destroy invading microorganisms and to remove damaged tissue debris from the area so that proper healing can occur   Inflammation  
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A wound in which the tissues are torn apart, leaving ragged and irregular edges   Laceration  
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To tie off and close a structure such as a severed blood vessel   Ligate  
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A drug that produces a loss of feeling and an inability to perceive pain in only a specific part of the body   Local anesthetic  
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A broad, flat metal tray placed on a stand and used to hold sterile instruments and supplies when it has been covered with a sterile towel.   Mayo tray  
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A type of biopsy in which tissue from deep within the body is obtained by the insertion of a biopsy needle through the skin.   Needle biopsy  
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Suture material that is not absorbed by the body and either remains permanently in the body tissue and becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue or is removed   Nonabsorbable suture  
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After a surgical operation   Postoperative  
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preceding a surgical operation   Preoperative  
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A wound made by a sharp-pointed object piercing the skin   Puncture  
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A surgical knife used to divide tissues   Scalpel  
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A cutting instrument   Scissors  
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A thin, closed sac or capsule that contains fatty secretions from a sebaceous gland   Sebaceous cyst  
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The clear, straw-colored part of the blood that remains after the solid elements have been separated out of it.   Serum  
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Free of all living microorganisms and bacterial spores   Sterile  
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The branch of medicine that deals with operative and manual procedures for correction of deformities and defects, repair of injuries, and diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases   Surgery  
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Practices that keep objects and areas sterile or free from microorganisms   Surgical asepsis  
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Material used to approximate tissues with surgical stitches   Sutures  
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A needle with suturing material permanently attached to its end   Swaged needle  
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A break in the continuity of an external or interal surface caused by physical means.   Wound  
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