Ch.4 Surgical Terms, Complementary Terms Built from WP

Question 1

biopsy (bx)

Answer 1

view of life (removal of living tissue from the body)

Question 2

dermatoautoplasty

Answer 2

surgical repair w/one’s own skin (skin graft or autograft)

Question 3

dermatoheteroplasty

Answer 3

surgical repair using skin from someone else (skin graft or allograft)

Question 4

dermatome

Answer 4

instrument used to cut skin

Question 5

dermatoplasty

Answer 5

surgical repair of the skin

Question 6

onychectomy

Answer 6

excision of a nail

Question 7

rhytidectomy

Answer 7

excision of wrinkles (facelift)

Question 8

rhytidoplasty

Answer 8

surgical repair of wrinkles

Question 9

cauterization

Answer 9

destruction of tissue w/a hot or cold instrument, electric current, or caustic substance

Question 10

cryosurgery

Answer 10

destruction of tissue by using extreme cold (often liquid nitrogen)

Question 11

debridement

Answer 11

removal of contaminated/dead tissue & foreign matter from an open wound

Question 12

dermabrasion

Answer 12

procedure to remove skin scars w/abrasive material, like sandpaper

Question 13

excision

Answer 13

removal by cutting

Question 14

incision

Answer 14

surgical cut or wound produced by a sharp instrument

Question 15

incision & drainage (I&D)

Answer 15

surgical cut makde to alow the free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a lesion, wound, or cavity

Question 16

laser surgery

Answer 16

procedure using an instrument that emits a high-powered beam of light used to cut, burn, vaporize, or destroy tissue

Question 17

Mohs surgery

Answer 17

technique of microscopically controlled serial excisions of skin cancers

Question 18

suturing

Answer 18

stitch edges of a wound surgically

Question 19

dermatologist

Answer 19

physician who studies & treats skin (diseases)

Question 20

dermatology (derm)

Answer 20

study of the skin

Question 21

epidermal

Answer 21

pertaining to upon the skin

Question 22

erythroderma

Answer 22

red skin

Question 23

hypodermic

Answer 23

pertaining to under the skin

Question 24

intradermal (ID)

Answer 24

pertaining to within the skin

Question 25

keratogenic

Answer 25

originating in horny tissue

Question 26

necrosis

Answer 26

abnormal condition of death

Question 27

percutaneous

Answer 27

pertaining to through the skin

Question 28

Staphylococcus [-cocci] (staph)

Answer 28

berry-shaped in grapelike clusters

Question 29

streptococcus [-cocci] (strep)

Answer 29

berry-shaped in twisted chains

Question 30

subcutaneous (subcut)

Answer 30

pertaining to under the skin

Question 31

transdermal (TD)

Answer 31

pertaining to through the skin

Question 32

ungual

Answer 32

pertaining to a nail

Question 33

xanthoderma

Answer 33

yellow skin (jaundice)