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Integumentary system

Surgical terms

TermDefinition
plastic surgery Repair or reconstruction (as of the skin) by means of surgery.
skin graft Placement of fresh skin over a damaged area.
autograft Skin graft using skin from one’s own body
allograft Skin graft using donor skin from one person to another; homograft.
homograft Skin graft using donor skin from one person to another; allograft
heterograft Skin graft using donor skin from one species to another; xenograft.
xenograft Skin graft using donor skin from one species to another; heterograft.
cryosurgery Surgery that removes tissue by freezing it with liquid nitrogen; removal or destruction of tissue using cold temperatures.
dermabrasion Removal of wrinkles, scars, tattoos, and other marks by scraping with brushes or emery papers.
debridement Removal of dead tissue from a wound.
curettage Removal of tissue from an area, such as a wound, by scraping.
cauterize To apply heat to an area to cause coagulation and stop bleeding.
fulguration Destruction of tissue using electric sparks
biopsy Excision of tissue for microscopic examination.
Mohs’ [mōz] surgery After Frederic Edward Mohs (1910-1979), US surgeon; removal of thin layers of malignant tissue until nonmalignant tissue is found.
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