Root Operation Definitions Part 4

Question 1

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part - biopsies

Answer 1

Excision

Question 2

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

Answer 2

Resection

Question 3

Cutting off all or part of the upper or lower extremities

Answer 3

Detachment

Question 4

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent

Answer 4

Destruction

Question 5

Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

Answer 5

Extraction

Question 6

Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

Answer 6

Drainage

Question 7

Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces

Answer 7

Fragmentation

Question 8

Cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part in order to separate or transect a body part

Answer 8

Division

Question 9

Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by use of force

Answer 9

Release

Question 10

Putting in or on all or a portion of a living body part taken from another individual or animal to physically take the place and/or function of all or a portion of a similar body part

Answer 10

Transplantation

Question 11

Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location

Answer 11

Reattachment

Question 12

Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part.

Answer 12

Transfer

Question 13

Moving to its normal location or other suitable location all or a portion of a body part

Answer 13

Reposition