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Treatments/Therapies
Chapter 5
Term | Definition |
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Anesthesiology | Drug that causes loss of sensation |
General Anesthetic | Causes complete loss of consciousness |
Local Anesthetic | Does not affect consciousness |
Regional Anesthetic | Injected into nerve causing loss of sensation over a particular area |
Topical Anesthetic | Applied to surface of the area to be anesthetized |
Epidural Anethestic | Applied in dural region of spinal cord |
Pharmacology | |
Analgesic | Relieves pain |
Anticonvulsant | Opposes convulsions |
Antidepressant | Opposes Depression |
Antipsychotic | Opposes Psychosis |
Anxiolytic | Lessens anxiety |
Hypnotic | Aids sleep |
Neuropharmacology | Study of the effects of drugs on the nervous system |
Psychopharmacology | Study of the effects of drugs on mental processes |
Psychotropic | Able to turn the mind |
Thrombolytic | Dissolves clots |
Surgical Procedures and Treatments | |
Cerebotomy | Incision into the brain |
Chemotherapy | Treatment using chemicals |
Craniectomy | Removal of piece of the skull |
Craniotomy | Incision into the skull |
Endarterectomy | Removal of the inside of an artery |
Endovascular Neurosurgery | Surgery on the nervous system performed by entering the body through blood vessels |
Lobestomy | Removal of a lobe |
Lobotomy | Incision into a lobe |
Neurectomy | Removal of a nerve |
Neurolysis | Destruction of nerve tissue |
Neuroplasty | Reconstruction of a nerve |
Neurorrhaphy | Suturing of a nerve |
Neurotomy | Incision into a nerve |