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(medicine) A method of treatment of scoliosis, by utilizing plaster jackets.
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(obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
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A surgeon who performs aesthetic surgery
adj
(surgery) Relating to alloarthroplasty
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(surgery) A flap of skin used in allotransplantation
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(surgery) A graft (especially a bone graft) of an inert (non-biological) material
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(surgery) Any artificial material substituted for tissue grafts
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(surgery) That involves amputation
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A branch of medicine dealing with the prosthetic rehabilitation of an absent or malformed part of the anatomy.
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(medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
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(surgery) The restoration of mobility in stiff, ankylosed joints by disrupting articular adhesions
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(surgery) The transplantation of tissue from one part of the body to another
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The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
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A prosthesis made from biological, rather than synthetic, material
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(medicine, surgery) The medicinal use of maggots to clean wounds and promote healing
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Alternative form of bone graft [(surgery) The replacement of missing bone by grafting from another part of the body]
adj
From which the bursas have been removed
n
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
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Alternative form of chirurgy [(archaic) surgery.]
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Alternative form of kineplastics [(medicine) The branch of surgery that deals with kineplastic amputation, in which the muscles of the stump are arranged to support voluntary control of a specially designed prosthesis.]
n
A prosthetic limb with life-like appearance.
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Abbreviation of dilation and curettage. [(medicine) A surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet.]
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(surgery) Plastic surgery of the skin, especially the use of skin grafts.
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(surgery) To correct a rotational deformity.
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Some amputations: where a joint is disarticulated: e.g. knee, hip, elbow or shoulder disarticulation.
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(surgery) A surgical grafting procedure that involves downward (inferior) movement, usually of the maxilla, done for reconstructive purposes, as for improved cosmesis or for posttraumatic restoration.
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(medicine) The act of cutting a foetus into pieces within the womb, so that it can be removed.
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(surgery, archaic) The forcible extraction of the fetus.
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(surgery) The construction and fitting of an endograft
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(medicine) The surgical correction of deformity or of crooked limbs.
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(surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
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The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.
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Synonym of Hartmann's procedure
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(anatomy) One of the parts thus divided.
adj
(medicine, surgery) Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.
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The science of keratoprosthesis.
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(medicine) The branch of surgery that deals with kineplastic amputation, in which the muscles of the stump are arranged to support voluntary control of a specially designed prosthesis.
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(cosmetic surgery) The injection of fat tissue obtained by liposuction.
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(medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
adj
Relating to a megaprosthesis.
adj
(medicine, of a surgical procedure) Requiring only a small incision into the body, thereby reducing wound healing time, associated pain, and the risk of infection.
n
(surgery) The harvesting and transplanting of many small cylindrical osteochondral plugs from the less weight-bearing periphery of the patellofemoral area and inserting them into drilled tunnels in the defective section of cartilage
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(surgery) incision into the spinal cord
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A prosthesis (such as a cochlear implant) used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
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(medicine) A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient.
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(surgery) A biological material used to improve the healing of broken bones and injured muscles, tendons and ligaments
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An orthodontic prosthesis
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(medicine, rare) Orthopedics or orthopedic surgery.
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An orthopedic appliance designed to support, straighten or improve the functioning of a body part; an orthosis.
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(surgery) Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
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(slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
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(countable) A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
adj
(medicine, of a patient) Having a polysurgical addiction; repeatedly and deceptively setting up situations where he or she will receive medical attention.
n
The department or the building of the hospital or clinic.
adj
(mathematics, historical) Relating to prosthaphaeresis.
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(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
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(medicine) branch of medicine that deals with the artificial replacement of missing body parts.
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A person who makes or fits prosthetic devices.
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(very rare) Someone skilled in the design, manufacture and fitting of prostheses.
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(archaic) Alternative form of prosthesis (artificial body part replacement) [(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.]
adj
(linguistics) of, relating to, or involving prothesis
n
(medicine, surgery, countable) An instance of that act; a second or subsequent instance of ablation.
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(medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
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A type of autograft in which a portion of an arm or leg is removed, while the remaining limb below the excised portion is rotated and reattached.
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(surgery) A surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.
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(surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
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(medicine, surgery) A laparoscopy technique where only a single incision of between 1½ to 5 centimetres is made, mostly through the umbilicus.
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A piece of skin grafted during such a surgery.
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(archaic, surgery) The separation of parts normally continuous, by fracture, etc.
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A room or department where surgery is performed.
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A person motivated to undergo repeated cosmetic surgery.
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(surgery) The condition of being suturable
adj
(medicine) Suitable for suture.
n
Alternative form of symphysotomy
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A softening of the pubic ligaments prior to childbirth
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(surgery) Synonym of symphysiotomy
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The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations.
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(LGBT, surgery) Synonym of top surgery
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A gynecological surgeon who specializes in surgery that enters the body through the vagina (as opposed to laparoscopic surgery, for example).
n
(medicine) rotationplasty
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One who performs a vasectomy.
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