(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
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Iridectomy
The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
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A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become o…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.The act of binding, or the state of being bound.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.A sample of tissue taken from the body for diagnostic examination.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.of Bleed
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.The art or process of examining by means of the 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.Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery.The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or du…
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.A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.
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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glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.A cutting out or away.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.a steep descent of the water of a river
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.The iris. See Flower-de-luce.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, portion, iris, order, artificial.A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; a…
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