Integumentary System Procedures Review
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| Aspiration | Removal, by suction, of a gas or fluid from a body cavity from unusual accumulations, or from a container.
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| Biopsy | Process of removing tissue from living patients for macroscopic diagnostic examination.
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| Cryosurgery | An operation using freezing temperature (achieved by liquid nitrogen or carbon dioxide) to destroy tissue.
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| Curettage | A scraping, usually of the interior of a cavity or tract, for the removal of new growths or other abnormal tissues, or to obtain material for tissue diagnosis.
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| Debridement | Removal of foreign materials, necrotic matter, and devitalized tissue from a wound or burn.
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| Electrolysis | Destruction of certain hair follicles by means of galvanic electricity.
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| Excision | The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ.
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| Frozen section | A thin slice of tissue cut from a frozen specimen, often used for rapid microscopic diagnosis.
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| Gram Stain | A process of staining bacteria for identification
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| Histology | The science concerned with the minute structure of cells, tissues, and organs in relation to their function.
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| Lipectomy | Surgical removal of fatty tissue, as in cases of adiposity.
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| Patch test | A test of skin sensitiveness: a test to determine allergic sensitivity by applying small pads soaked with allergen to the unbroken skin
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| Scrapings | A specimen scraped from a lesion or specific site, for cytological examination.
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| Scratch test | A form of skin test in which antigen is applied through a scratch in the skin.
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| Tzanck test | A diagnostic test that examines the tissue of a lesion to determine the type of cell present.
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| Antimicrobial | Tending to destroy microbes, to prevent their multiplication or growth, or to prevent their pathogenic action.
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| Antihistamine | Drugs with an action antagonistic to that of histamine; used to treat allergic symptoms.
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| Anti-inflammatory | Reducing inflammation by acting on body responses, without directly antagonizing the causative agent; denotes agents such as glucocorticoids and aspirin.
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| Antifungal | A drug with an action antagonistic to that of a fungus.
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| Antipruritic | Preventing or relieving itching or an agent that relieves itching.
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| Antiseptic | An agent that inhibits various pus-forming and other pathogenic organisms, or their toxins, in the blood or tissues.
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| Chemical destruction | The use of a compound, such as silver nitrate, to destroy the tissue.
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| Debridement | Removal of foreign materials, necrotic matter, and devitalized tissue from a wound or burn.
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| Dermabrasion | Operative procedure used to remove acne scars or pits performed with sandpaper, rotating wire brushes, or other abrasive materials.
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| Electrodessication | Destruction of lesions or sealing off of blood vessels (usually of the skin, but also of available surfaces of mucous membrane) by monopolar high-frequency electric current.
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| Fulguration | Destruction of tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
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| Direct Fulguration | Destruction of tissue by using an insulated electrode with a metal point, which is connected to the uniterminal of the high-frequency apparatus, from which a spark of electricity is allowed to impinge on the area to be treated.
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| Indirect Fulguration | Destruction of tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current involves directly connecting the patient by a metal contact to the uniterminal and utilizing an active electrode to complete an arc from the patient.
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| Germicidal | An agent that is destructive to germs or microbes.
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| Sclerotherapy | Treatment involving the injection of a scarring solution into vessels or tissues to result in hardening of the tissue and eventual sloughing away of the lesion.
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| Skin graft | Any free (unattached) tissue for transplantation.
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