Integumentary system Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 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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