(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
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Laparoscopy
laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes)
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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.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)
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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() Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in read…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.A hearer or listener.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.Alt. of Caesarian
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.Of or pertaining to Caesar or the Caesars; imperial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.Hollowness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.Alt. of Cesarian
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.Same as Caesarean, Caesarian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.of Examine
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ov…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidenta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: laparotomy, performed, laparoscope, makes, small.
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