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Medical Terminology chapters 1-3 > Ch 3 General Terms/procedures/skin Grafting/drugs/abbreviations > Flashcards

Ch 3 General Terms/procedures/skin Grafting/drugs/abbreviations Flashcards

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1
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Pertaining to the skin

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Epidermal

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Pertaining to beneath the skin

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Hypodermic

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Pertaining to inside the skin

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Intradermal

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Pertaining to through the skin

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Percutaneous

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Pertaining to beneath the skin

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Subcutaneous

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Pertaining to through the skin

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Transdermal

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Removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals

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Chemosurgery

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Treatment using chemicals

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Chemotherapy

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Destruction of tissue through freezing

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Cryosurgery

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Rubbing or scraping away the outer surface of the skin

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Dermabrasion

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Using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it

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Electrocauterization

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Using electricity to destroy tissue by drying it

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Electrodesiccation

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To cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain

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Incision and drainage

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Incision and drainage abbreviation

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I&D

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Removal of fatty tissue

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Lipectomy

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Removal of fatty tissue using a vacuum

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Liposuction

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Removal of a nail

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onychectomy

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Incision into a nail

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onychotomy

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Reconstruction of wrinkled skin

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rhytidoplasty

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Skin transplant take it from a different place on the patient’s body

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Autograft

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Skin transplant take it from another member of the patients species

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Homograft

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Skin transplant taken from a species other than the patients

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Heterograft/xenograft

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A drug that temporarily blocks sensation

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Anesthetic

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A drug that destroys or opposes growth of microorganisms

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Antibiotic

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Hey drug that opposes the effects of histamine

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Antihistamine

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A drug that prevents or relieves itching

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antioruritic

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A drug that prevents sepsis by killing micro organisms

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Antiseptic

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Abbreviation for Asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving

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ABCDE

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Abbreviation for Actinic keratosis

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AK

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Abbreviation for Basal cell carcinoma

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BCC

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Abbreviation for biopsy

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Bx

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Abbreviation for culture and sensitivity

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C&S

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Abbreviation for decubitus ulcer

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decub

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Abbreviation for dermatology

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derm

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Abbreviation for eczema, asthma, hayfever

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EAHF

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Abbreviation for frozen section

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FS

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Abbreviation for intradermal

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ID

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Abbreviation for subcutaneous

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SC, SQ, subcut

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Abbreviation for Squamous cell carcinoma

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SCC

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abbreviation for transdermal

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TD

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Xeroderma pigmentosa

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