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Ch. 8
Treatments
Question | Answer |
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anticoagulant | drug that prevents the coagulation of blood |
hemostatic | drug that stops the flow of blood |
thrombolytic | drug that breaks down blood clots |
laparosplenectomy | surgical removal of the spleen through the abdomen |
lymphadenectomy | surgical removal of a lymph gland (node) |
lymphadenotomy | incision into a lymph gland (node) |
nephrosplenopexy | surgical fixation of the spleen and a kidney |
splenectomy | surgical removal of the spleen |
thymectomy | surgical removal of the thymus |
tonsillectomy | surgical removal of a tonsil |
apheresis | general term for a process, similar to dialysis, that draws out a patient's blood, removes something from it, then returns the rest of the blood to the patient's body |
cytapheresis | aphaeresis to remove cellular material |
plasmapheresis | aphaeresis to remove plasma |
plateletpheresis | aphaeresis to remove platelets (for the purpose of donating them) |
transfusion | infusion into a patient of blood from another source |