(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
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The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.
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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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The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a fl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually assoc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.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: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.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: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.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: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of verte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer per…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: perforation, cavity, body, trocar, aspirator.
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