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Treatments/Therapies
Chapter 3
Term | Definition |
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Pharmacology | |
Anesthetic | A drug that temporarily blocks sensation |
Antibiotic | A drug that destroys or opposes growth of microorganisms |
Antihistamine | Drug that opposes the effects of histemine |
Antipruritic | Drug that prevents or relieves itching |
Public Health | |
Antiseptic | Drug that prevents sepsis by killing micoorganisms |
General Terms | |
Epidermal | Pertaining to the skin |
Hypodermal | Pertaining to underneath the skin |
Intradermal | Pertaining to inside the skin |
Percutaneous | Pertaining to through the skin |
Subcutaneous | Pertaining to under the skin |
Topical | Applied directly to the skin |
Transdermal | Pertaining to through the skin |
Procedures | |
Chemosurgery | Removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals |
Chemotherapy | Treatment using chemicals |
Cyrosurgery | Destruction of tissue through freezing |
Dermabrasion | Rubbing or scraping away the outer surface of skin |
Electrocauterization | Using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it |
Electrodesiccation | Using electricity to destroy tissue by drying it |
Incision and Drainage I&D | To cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain |
Lipectomy | Removal of fatty tissue |
Liposuction | Removal of fatty tissue using a vacuum |
Onychectomy | Removal of a nail |
Rhytidoplasty | Reconstruction of wrinkled skin |
Skin Grafting | |
Autograft | Skin transplant taken from a different place on the patients body |
Homograft (Allograft) | Skin transplant taken from another member of the patients species |
Heterograft | Skin transplant taken from a species other than the patients |
Xenograft | Skin transplant taken from a species other than the patients |