(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.Heterograft
tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
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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)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.Words connected by meaning
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tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppress…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological indivi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an eschar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male fl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous coll…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue; "a successful graft or transplant r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppress…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of chara…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tissue, animal, species, temporary, graft.Explore Academic Dictionary
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