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Bonewit Chapt 10
Minor Office Surgery (Stacy Maloon)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abrasion | a wound in which the outer layers of the skin are damaged |
| abscess | a collection of pus in a cavity surrounded by inflamed tissue |
| absorbable suture | suture material that is gradually digested and absorbed by the body |
| approximation | the process of bringing two parts such as tissue together through the use od sutures or other means |
| bandage | a strip of woven material used to wrap or cover a part of the body |
| biopsy | the surgical removal and examination of tissue from the living body. Biopsies are generally performed to determine whether a tumor is benign or malignant. |
| capillary action | the action that causes liquid to rise along a wick, a tube or a gauze dressing |
| colposcope | a lighted instrument with a binocular magnifying lens used to examine the vagina and cervix |
| colposcopy | the visual examination of the vagina and 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 in to the tissues |
| 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 orginates deep within a hair follicle |
| 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 parts of it is invaded by a pathogen |
| infiltration | the process by which a substance passes into and is deposited within the substance of a cell, tissue and organ |
| inflammation | a protective response of the body to trauma and th eentrance of foreign matter |
| laceration | a wound in which the tissues are torn apart leaving ragged and irregular edges |
| ligate | to tie off and close a structure such as a severed blood vessels |
| local anesthetic | a drug that produces a loss of feeling and an inability to perceive pain in only a specific part of the body |
| mayo tray | 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 |
| needle biopsy | a type of biopsy in which tissues 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 and either remains permentalyy in the body tissue and becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue or is removed |
| postoperative | after a surgical operation |
| preroperative | preceding 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 |
| sebaceous cyst | a thin closed sac or capsule that contains fatty secretations from a sebaceous 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 microrganisms and bacterial spores |
| surgery | the branch of medicine that deals with operative and manual procedures for corrections |
| surgical asepsis | practices that keep objects and areas sterile or free from miccrorganisma |
| sutures | material used to approximate tissues permentaly attached to its end |
| swaged needle | a needle with suturing material permentaly attached to its end |
| wound | a break in the continuity of an external or internal surface caused by physical means |
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