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| Refers to destruction of organisms before they enter the body |
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| The growth of successive layers of a cell wall |
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| Task performed in a sterile environment in order to avoid contact with harmful bacteria |
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| The forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery |
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| The joining together or fitting of two surfaces, such as the edges of a wound or the ends of a broken bone |
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| The removal of tissue or growths from the interior of a body cavity, such as a uterus, by scraping with a curette |
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| the process of removing non living tissue from pressure ulcers, burns, and other wounds |
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| A bursting open or splitting along a natural or sutured lines |
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| To separate different anatomical structures along natural lines by dividing the connective tissue framework |
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| Surgical removal of the eyeball |
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| Healing by the growth of epithelium over a denuded surface |
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| A turning outward, as of the eyelid |
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| Removal of the abdominal viscera; Removal of the contents of the eyeball, leaving the sclera |
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| To transpose an internal organ to the exterior of the body |
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| The surgical creation of such an opening |
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| A mass of tissue for grafting, usually including skin, only partially removed from one part of the body so that it retains its own blood supply during transfer to another site |
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| The breaking of a part, especially a bone |
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| Relating to a dry, brittle growth of bacteria |
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| The destruction of tissue, usually malignant tumors, by means of a high frequency, electric current applied with a needle like electrode |
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| Any tissue or organ for implantation of transplantation |
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| A graft between individuals of the same species, but of different genotypes |
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| A tissue graft transferred from one part of the patients body to another part |
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AKA: syngraft
A graft of tissue that is obtained from a donor who is genetically identical to the recipient |
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| Surgical pleating and folding of tissue to realign organs and provide extra support |
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| To insert of to graft (tissue) into intact tissues or a body cavity |
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| To cut into with a sharp instrument |
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| Occurring during a surgical procedure |
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| An enveloping sheath or envelope |
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| A washing, especially of hollow organ, such as the stomach or lower bowel, with repeated injections of water |
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| To tie or bind with a ligature |
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| A thread, wire, or cord used in surgery to close vessels or tie off ducts |
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| Occurring after a surgical operation |
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| The pinning of something after surgery to help it stay in place (ie: bone pins) |
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| the surgical removal of a lump from the breast. |
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| Occurring or related to the period r preparations before a surgical operation |
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| To preform a resection on |
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| The state of being broken open |
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| Surgical removal of saccular structures |
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| A pocket of clear serous fluid that sometimes develops in the body after surgery |
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| Aspiration of gas or fluid by mechanical means |
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| A stitch or series of stitches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound |
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| To pierce through or impale |
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| The process of removing and grafting such an organ or tissue |
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| A pressurized, steam-heated vessel used for sterilization |
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| Like strike through, but occurs by bacteria and pathogens moving through the braids of suture material into the healing wound |
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| A strip or roll of gauze or other material for wrapping or binding a body part |
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| Portion of the instruments where they come together to lock |
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| A band worn around the belly (max 4 hours) to apply compression and stop bleeding of a ligature that had been unattached during surgery and is bleeding |
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| A device used to hold an object in a fixed position |
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| A surgical instrument designed for scraping biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure |
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| The burning of part of a body to remove or close off a part of it |
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| A tube used to remove pus or other fluids from a wound |
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| A wire placed around bone to approximate fracture fragments |
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| A cloth arranged over a patients body during surgery designed to provide a sterile field around the area |
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| A forceps with a catch for locking the blades, used for seizing the end of a blood vessel to control hemorrhage |
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| A steplocking device on surgical instruments |
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| A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection |
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| Are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects |
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| Removal and examination, usually microscopic, of tissue from the living body, performed to establish precise diagnosis |
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| Biopsy of tissue removed by surgical cutting |
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| Biopsy of a selected portion of a lesion |
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| Biopsy in which tissue is obtained by puncture of a tumor, the tissue within the lumen of the needle being detached by rotation, and the needle withdrawn |
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| Chemical that inhibits or prevents the growth of microbes on living tissue |
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| Chemical used to inhibit or prevent the growth of microbes on inanimate objects |
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1) Freedom from infection
2) The prevention of contact with microogranisms |
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| To eliminate all microbes by death or inactivation |
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| Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of any body part, organ, or system that is manifested by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whose etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown |
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| The practice of immersing items in a disinfectant solution to reduce the level of contamination |
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| The use of a process to rid an object of all living microbes |
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| A microorganism, especially a pathogenic one such as a bacterium, protozoan, or fungus |
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| Refers to a bacterial infection in the bloodstream or body tissues |
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| Free from all live bacteria and other microorganisms and their spores |
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| NOT free from all live bacteria and other microorganisms and their spores |
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| The branch of medicine that treats diseases, injuries, and deformities by manual or operative methods |
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