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Bonewit Chapter 10
Minor Office Surgery - Brooklynn C
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abrasion | a wound in which the outer layers of the skin are damaged; a scrape |
| abscess | suture material that is gradually digested by tissue enzymes & absorbed by the body |
| absorbable suture | the process of bringing two parts, such as tissue, together through the use of sutures or other means |
| approximation | the process of bringing two parts, such as tissue, together through the use of sutures or other means |
| bandage | a strip of woven material used to wrap or cover a part of the body |
| biopsy | the surgical removal & examination of tissue from the living body; generally performed to determine whether a tumor is benign or malignant |
| capillary action | a lighted instrument with a binocular magnifying lens used to examine the vagina and cervix |
| colposcope | the visual examination of the vagain & cervix using a colposcope |
| contaminate | as it relates to sterile technique, to cause a sterile object or surface to become unsterile |
| contusion | an injury to the tissues under the skin that causes blood vessels to rupture, allowing blood to seep into the tissues; a bruise |
| cryosurgery | the therapeutic use of freezing temperatures to destroy abnormal tissue |
| exudate | a discharge produced by the body's tissue |
| fibroblast | an immature cell from which connective tissue can develop |
| forceps | a two-pronged instrument for grasping and squeezing |
| furuncle | a localized staphylococcal infection that originates deep within a hair follicle; also known as a boil |
| hemostasis | the arrest of bleeding by natural or artificial means |
| incision | a clean cut caused by a cutting instrument |
| infection | the condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen |
| infiltration | the process by which a substance passes into & is deposited within the substance of a cell, tissue, or organ |
| inflammation | a protective response of the body to trauma & the entrance of foreign matter; the purpose of which is to destroy invading microorganisms & to repair injured tissue |
| laceration | a wound in which the tissues are torn apart, leaving ragged & irregular edges |
| ligate | to tie off & close a structure such as a severed blood vessel |
| local anesthetic | a drug that produces a loss of feeling & an inability to perceive pain in only a specific part of the body |
| mayo tray | a broad, flat metal tray placed on a stand & used to hold sterile instruments & supplies when it has been covered with a sterile towel |
| needle biopsy | a type of biopsy in which tissue from deep within the body is obtained by the insertion of a biopsy needle through the skin |
| nonabsorbable suture | suture material that is not absorbed by the body & either remains permanently in the body tissue & becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue or it removed |
| postoperative | after a surgical operation |
| preoperative | proceeding a surgical operation |
| puncture | a wound made by a sharp pointed object piercing the skin |
| scalpel | a surgical knife used to divide tissues |
| scissors | a cutting instrument |
| sebacceous cyst | a thin, closed sac or capsule that contains fatty secretions from a sebacceous gland |
| serum | the clear, straw-colored part of the blood that remains after the solid elements have been separated out of it |
| sterile | free of all living microorganisms & bacterial spores |
| surgical asepsis | practices that keep objects & areas sterile or free from microorganisms |
| sutures | material used to approximate tissues with surgical stitches |
| swaged needle | a needle with suturing material permanently attached to its end |
| wound | a break in the continuity of an external or internal surface caused by physical means |
| colposcopy | the visual examination of the vagain & cervix using a colposcope |
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