| aeroembolism |
nitrogen or air bubbles in the bloodstream, caused by severe decompression, surgery, or injury, and resulting in severe pain and sometimes convulsions; bends; decompression sickness; caisson disease. |
| amputee |
a person who has lost all or part of a limb or digit as a result of accident or surgery. |
| anastomose |
to connect, either by natural branching growth or by surgery (parts of a blood vessel, nerve, or any branching system). |
| arthroscopy |
examination of or minor surgery on a joint using an arthroscope. |
| azathioprine |
an immunosuppressive that is administered in transplant surgery to prevent rejection of the new organ. |
| body part |
a piece of the human body that has been detached, as by surgery or violence. [1/2 definitions] |
| colostomy |
a surgical opening cut into the colon to allow excretion, usu. made when the rectum is blocked or after surgery for colon cancer. |
| craniotomy |
the act or process of cutting through the skull, as for brain surgery. |
| D.D.S. |
abbreviation of "Doctor of Dental Surgery." |
| decerebrate |
to separate the brain from the spinal cord of (a person or animal), as by surgery. [1/3 definitions] |
| decompression |
the relieving of excess pressure, as in a body cavity, by surgery. [1/2 definitions] |
| dissect |
to cut open or apart (a plant or animal) in order to examine or perform surgery on it. [1/2 definitions] |
| -ectomy |
removal by surgery; excision. |
| electric needle |
a needle through which electricity runs, used in surgery to cauterize tissue. |
| eviscerate |
of an organ, esp. in the abdomen, to protrude through an incision after surgery, because of improper healing or error in technique. [1/3 definitions] |
| explore |
in medicine, to investigate, esp. by surgery, in order to diagnose. [1/4 definitions] |
| face-lift |
cosmetic surgery performed to tighten facial tissue and improve appearance by eliminating wrinkles and other signs of aging. [1/2 definitions] |
| forceps |
a pair of tongs or pincers used in medical procedures, as to grasp and extract tissue or foreign bodies during surgery. |
| hepatectomy |
removal of all or part of the liver by surgery. |
| heteroplasty |
plastic surgery that uses grafts of tissue from another individual or species. |
| hospitalize |
to place in a hospital for medical treatment or surgery. |