Terminology

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placed side by side

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appositional

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a forcible tearing away of a part or structure; usually by trauma

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avulsion

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technique designed to maintain an area or object as free from microbes as possible; AKA: “surgically clean”

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surgical asepsis

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precautions taken to prevent contamination of a surgical wound

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aseptic technique

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act of approximating; as the edges of a wound

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coaptation

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removal of material or growths from the surface of a cavity

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curettage

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disruption or opening of the surgical wound

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dehiscence

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removal of an organ in whole; term usually used for removal of the eyeball

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enucleation

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removal of foreign material and devitalized or contaminated tissue

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debridement

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separation or cutting apart; “dissecare” latin for to cut up

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dissect

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healing by growth of epithelium over an incomplete surface

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epithelialization

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turning outward

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eversion

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to surgically remove

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excise

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perforation

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fenestration

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removal or exposure of internal organs

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eviscerate

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to move an internal organ to the outside of the body

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exteriorize

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mass of tissue for grafting in which part of the tissue still adheres to the body; used to repair defects adjacent to the mass site

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flap

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breaking of a part; especially a bone

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fracture

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easily crumbled

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friable

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destruction of living tissue by electric sparks generated by a high frequency current

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fulguration

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tissue or organ for transplantation or implantation

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graft

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graft from another individual of the same species

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allograft

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graft from the same individual

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autograft

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graft from genetically identical animals such as twins or inbred strains

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isograft

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overlapping of apposing surfaces to realign organs and provide extra support

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imbrication

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material inserted or grafted into the body

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implant

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to surgically cut into

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incise

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common term meaning during surgery; ie intraoperatively

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intraop

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turning inward

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inversion

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act of tearing

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laceration

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to tie or strangulate

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ligate

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layer of new bone growth covering sheath that contains a sequesrum (piece of dead tissue) of bone

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involcrum

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irrigation of tissue with fluid

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lavage

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any substance used to tie or strangulate; usually made from suture material

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ligature