(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
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Autograft
tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "When fractures fail to unite, autografts of bone can be extremely valuable in helping the bone to heal."
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(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.(surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "ase…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallop…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
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Helping; helpful; assisting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "When fractures fail to unite, autografts of bone c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Ital…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin/ may be attached.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, taken, site, grafted, fractures.(economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more…
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