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Chapter 10 Vocabulary
Minor Office Surgery
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Abrasion
Definition
A wound in which the outer layers of the skin are damaged; a scrape.
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Abscess
Definition
A collection of pus in a cavity surrounded by inflamed tissue.
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Absorbable Suture
Definition
Suture material that is gradually digested and absorbed by the body.
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Approximation
Definition
The process of bringing two parts, such as tissue, together through the use of sutures or other means.
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Bandage
Definition
A strip of woven material used to wrap or cover a part of the body.
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Biopsy
Definition
The surgical removal and examination of tissue from the living body. Biopsies are generally performed to determine whether a tumor is benign or malignant.
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Capillary Action
Definition
The action that causes liquid to wise along a wick, a tube, or a gauze dressing.
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Colposcope
Definition
A lighted instrument with a binocular magnifying lens used to examine a vagina and cervix.
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Colposcopy
Definition
The visual examination of the vagina and cervix using a colposcope.
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Contaminate
Definition
As it related to sterile technique, to cause a sterile object or surface to become unsterile.
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Contusion
Definition
A injury to the tissues under the skin that causes blood vessels to rupture, allowing blood to seep into the tissues; a bruise.
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Cryosurgery
Definition
The therapeutic use of freezing temperatures to destroy abnormal tissue.
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Exudate
Definition
A discharge produced by the body's tissue.
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Fibroblast
Definition
Am immature cell from which connective tissue can develop.
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Forceps
Definition
A two pronged instrument for grasping and squeezing.
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Furuncle
Definition
A localized staphylococcal infection that originated deep within a hair follicle. Also known as a boil.
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Hemostasis
Definition
The arrest of bleeding by natural or artificial means.
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Incision
Definition
A clean cut caused by a cutting instrument.
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Infection
Definition
The condition in which the body, or part of it, is invaded by a pathogen.
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Infiltration
Definition
The process by which a substance passes into and is deposited within the substance of a cell, tissue or organ.
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Inflammation
Definition
A protective response of the body to trauma and the entrance of foreign matter. The purpose of inflammation is to destroy invading microorganisms and to remove damaged tissue debris from the area so that proper healing can occur.
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Laceration
Definition
A wound in which the tissues are torn apart, leaving ragged and irregular edges.
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Ligate
Definition
To tie off and close a structure such as a severed blood vessel.
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Local Anesthetic
Definition
A drug that produces a loss of feeling and an inability to perceive pain in only a specific part of the body.
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Mayo Tray
Definition
A broad, flat metal tray placed on a stand and used to hold sterile instruments and supplies when it has been covered with a sterile towel.
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Needle Biopsy
Definition
A type of biopsy in which tissue from deep within the body is obtained by the insertion of a biopsy needle through the skin.
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Nonabsorbable Suture
Definition
Suture material that is not absorbed by the body and either remains permanently in the body tissue and becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue or is removed.
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Postoperative
Definition
After a surgical procedure.
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Preoperative
Definition
Preceding a surgical procedure.
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Puncture
Definition
A wound made by a sharp-pointed object piercing the skin.
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Scalpel
Definition
A surgical knife used to divide tissue.
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Scissors
Definition
A cutting instrument.
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Sebaceous Cyst
Definition
A thin, closed sac or capsule that contains fatty secretions from a sebaceous gland.
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Serum
Definition
The clear, straw-colored part of the blood that remains after the solid elements have been separated out of it.
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Sterile
Definition
Free of all living microorganisms and bacterial spores.
Term
Surgery
Definition
The branch of medicine that deals with operative and manual procedures for correction of deformities and defects, repair of injuries and diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases.
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Surgical Asepsis
Definition
Practices that keep objects and areas sterile or free from microorganisms.
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Sutures
Definition
Material used to approximate tissues with surgical stitches.
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Swaged Needle
Definition
A needle with suturing material permanently attached to its end.
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Wound
Definition
A break in the continuity of an external or internal surface caused by physical means.
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