Medical Term: Unit 4 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| allograft / homograft | tissue transplant from one person to another |
| anesthetic / anæsthetic | drug that causes loss of sensation (including pain) |
| antibiotic | drug used to treat bacterial infections |
| antihistamine | drug that counteracts histamine released from mast cells |
| antipruritic | anti-itch drug |
| antiseptic | discourages growth of microorganisms |
| autograft | tissue transplant from one place to another on the same person |
| cortisone | synthetic formulation of cortisol, potent steroid anti-inflammatory |
| dermatologist | physician specialized in skin |
| esthetician / æsthetician | specialist in skin beautification |
| graft | tissue moved from one place to another |
| heterograft / xenograft | tissue transplant from one species to another (usually pig or cow to human) |
| incision & drainage | minor surgical procedure to release pus from an abscess |
| intradermal | within or between the layers of the skin |
| subcutaneous | below the skin, within the subcutaneous (hypodermal) layer |
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