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Lithotomy

The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.

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Ablation 76% connected

A carrying or taking away; removal.

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Excision 76% connected

The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

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Extirpation 76% connected

The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from…

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Centesis noun · 78% connection

(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid

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Graft noun · 78% connection

(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

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Ligation noun · 78% connection

(surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)

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Transplant noun · 78% connection

(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

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Anastomosis noun · 78% connection

a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

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Aseptic adjective · 78% connection

free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "ase…

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Biopsy noun · 78% connection

examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease

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Bleeding noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Debridement noun · 78% connection

surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing

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Endoscopy noun · 78% connection

visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope

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General anaesthesia noun · 78% connection

a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)

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General anesthesia noun · 78% connection

a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)

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Haemorrhage noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Hemorrhage noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Inosculation noun · 78% connection

a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

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Laparoscopy noun · 78% connection

laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallop…

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Laparotomy noun · 78% connection

surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs

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Local anaesthesia noun · 78% connection

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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Algebraical adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical…

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Bladder noun · 78% connection

A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especiall…

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Cholecystotomy noun · 78% connection

The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.

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Cognitive operation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Cognitive process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Control function noun · 78% connection

an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data; "a control operation started the dat…

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Control operation noun · 78% connection

an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data; "a control operation started the dat…

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Cupping noun · 78% connection

The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a simi…

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Cyst noun · 78% connection

In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.

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Cystic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

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Cystolithic adjective · 78% connection

Relating to stone in the bladder.

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Cystotomy noun · 78% connection

The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

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Expert adjective · 78% connection

Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from…

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Gall noun · 78% connection

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, m…

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Gastroelytrotomy noun · 78% connection

The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of r…

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Inverse adjective · 78% connection

Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any qua…

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Laryngotracheotomy noun · 78% connection

The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.

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Lithic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis.

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