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Ch. 3
Treatment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anesthetic | a drug that temporarily blocks sensation |
| antibiotic | a drug that destroys or opposes growth of microorganisms |
| antihistamine | a drug that opposes the effects of histamine |
| antipruritic | a drug that prevents or relieves itching |
| antiseptic | a drug that prevents sepsis (rotting of flesh) by killing microorganisms |
| epidermal | pertaining to the skin |
| hypodermic | pertaining to beneath the skin |
| intradermal | pertaining to inside the skin (intra= inside, derm= skin, al= pertaining to) |
| percutaneous | pertaining to through the skin |
| subcutaneous | pertaining to beneath the skin |
| topical | applied directly to the skin |
| transdermal | pertaining to through the skin |
| chemosurgery | removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals |
| chemotherapy | treatment using chemicals |
| cryosurgery | destruction of tissue through freezing |
| dermabrasion | rubbing or scraping away outer surface of skin |
| electrocauterization | using electricity to destroy tissue by drying it |
| incision and drainage | to cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain |
| lipectomy | removal of fatty tissue |
| liposuction | removal of fatty tissue using a vacuum |
| onychectomy | removal of a nail (ectomy= removal) |
| onychotomy | incision into a nail (tomy= incision) |
| rhytidoplasty | reconstruction of wrinkled skin |
| autograft | skin transplant taken from a different place on the patient's body |
| homograft (allograft) | skin transplant taken from another member of the patient's species (homo= similar, allo=another person) |
| heterograft | skin transplant taken from a different species |
| xenograft | skin transplant taken from a different species |