8.5 Treatments and Therapies - PLAN

Question 1

anticoagulant

anti - against
coagul -
ant - agent

Answer 1

drug that prevents the coagulation of blood

Question 2

hemostatic

Answer 2

drug that stops the flow of blood

Question 3

thrombolytic

thrombo - clot
lytic - breakdown

Answer 3

drug that breaks down blood clots

Question 4

lymphadenectomy

lymph - lymph
aden - gland
ectomy - removal

Answer 4

surgical removal of a lymph gland (node)

Question 5

lymphadenotomy

lymph - lymph
aden - gland
tomy incision

Answer 5

incision into a lymph gland (node)

Question 6

nephrosplenopexy

Answer 6

surgical fixation of the spleen and a kidney

Question 7

splenectomy

Answer 7

surgical removal of the spleen

Question 8

thymectomy

Answer 8

surgical removal of the thymus

Question 9

apheresis

Answer 9

similar to dialysis, that draws out a patient’s blood, removes something from it, then returns the rest of the blood to the patient’s body

Question 10

cytapheresis

cyte - cell
apheresis - separation

Answer 10

apheresis to remove cellular material

Question 11

plasmapheresis

Answer 11

apheresis to remove plasma

Question 12

transfusion

trans - across
fusion - pour

Answer 12

infusion into a patient of blood from another source