Surgery
Of medical science.
The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School".
This concept's ID is @1~32740
Contains
- operation
A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage...
- centesis
(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to...
- transplant
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the...
- landmark
An anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures...
- ligation
(surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during ...
- stoma
A mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body...
- drain
Tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material.
- phlebothrombosis
Thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish...
- amastia
Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).