Ch 3 General Terms/procedures/skin Grafting/drugs/abbreviations Flashcards
Pertaining to the skin
Epidermal
Pertaining to beneath the skin
Hypodermic
Pertaining to inside the skin
Intradermal
Pertaining to through the skin
Percutaneous
Pertaining to beneath the skin
Subcutaneous
Pertaining to through the skin
Transdermal
Removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals
Chemosurgery
Treatment using chemicals
Chemotherapy
Destruction of tissue through freezing
Cryosurgery
Rubbing or scraping away the outer surface of the skin
Dermabrasion
Using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it
Electrocauterization
Using electricity to destroy tissue by drying it
Electrodesiccation
To cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain
Incision and drainage
Incision and drainage abbreviation
I&D
Removal of fatty tissue
Lipectomy
Removal of fatty tissue using a vacuum
Liposuction
Removal of a nail
onychectomy
Incision into a nail
onychotomy
Reconstruction of wrinkled skin
rhytidoplasty
Skin transplant take it from a different place on the patient’s body
Autograft
Skin transplant take it from another member of the patients species
Homograft
Skin transplant taken from a species other than the patients
Heterograft/xenograft
A drug that temporarily blocks sensation
Anesthetic
A drug that destroys or opposes growth of microorganisms
Antibiotic
