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Arteriotomy (or arterotomy) is a medical term for an opening or cut of an artery wall. [1] It is a common step in many vascular surgical procedures and operations. The corresponding term for an incision into a vein is a venotomy.
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
The term 'resection' is also used, especially when referring to a tumor.-opsy : looking at-oscopy : viewing of, normally with a scope-ostomy or -stomy : surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma", from the Greek στόμα (stóma), meaning "body", see List of -ostomies)-otomy or -tomy : surgical incision (see List of -otomies)
The term geriatrics comes from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer". However, geriatrics is sometimes called medical gerontology. Gonad – A gonad, sex gland, or reproductive gland [193] is a mixed gland that produces the gametes (sex cells) and sex hormones of an organism.
cool, dry, intact (when referring to incision/surgical sites) or clean, dry, intact when referring to bandages/dressings CDMR: caesarean delivery on maternal request: CDP: cytosine diphosphate CDR: cutaneous drug reaction: CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen carotid endarterectomy cost-effectiveness analysis: CEIOL: cataract extraction with ...
to keep (vein) open for IV therapy TKR: total knee replacement: TKVO: to keep vein open TLA: three letter acronym TLC: total lung capacity, or total lymphocyte count TLE: temporal lobe epilepsy: TLH: total laparoscopic hysterectomy TLR: tonic labyrinthine reflex: TLS: tumor lysis syndrome: TM: tympanic membrane: TMA: thrombotic microangiopathy ...
Venous cutdown is an emergency procedure in which the vein is exposed surgically and then a cannula is inserted into the vein under direct vision. It is used for venous access in cases of trauma, and hypovolemic shock when the use of a peripheral venous catheter is either difficult or impossible. The great saphenous vein is most
The port access site is fixed at 5 cm below the midline of the clavicle and 9 to 10 cm lateral to the midline of the chest. Then, a 5 to 6 cm incision is made to create a subcutaneous tissue pouch for the placement of port access site. A tunnel is made from the port access site until adjacent to the internal jugular neck wound.