surgical procedure
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1. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | medical procedure, |
| definition | : | a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | amputation, |
| definition | : | a surgical removal of all or part of a limb (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | angioplasty, |
| definition | : | an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | arthroplasty, |
| definition | : | surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | arthroscopy, |
| definition | : | a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | brain surgery, |
| definition | : | any surgical procedure involving the brain (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | castration, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cauterisation, cauterization, cautery, |
| definition | : | the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | chemosurgery, |
| definition | : | use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | craniotomy, |
| definition | : | a surgical opening through the skull (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cryosurgery, |
| definition | : | the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | curettage, curettement, |
| definition | : | surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | debridement, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | decortication, |
| definition | : | removal of the outer covering of an organ or part (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | d and c, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage, |
| definition | : | a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | electrosurgery, |
| definition | : | surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | enterostomy, enterotomy, |
| definition | : | surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | enucleation, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of something without cutting into it (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | wrong-site surgery, |
| definition | : | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | evisceration, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | exenteration, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fenestration, |
| definition | : | surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | gastrectomy, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of all or part of the stomach (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | gastroenterostomy, |
| definition | : | surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | gastrostomy, |
| definition | : | surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | heart surgery, |
| definition | : | any surgical procedure involving the heart (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hysterotomy, |
| definition | : | surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | implantation, |
| definition | : | a surgical procedure that places something in the human body (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | intestinal bypass, |
| definition | : | surgical operation that shortens the small intestine; used in treating obesity (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | jejunostomy, |
| definition | : | surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | major surgery, |
| definition | : | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | microsurgery, |
| definition | : | surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | minor surgery, |
| definition | : | any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | myotomy, |
| definition | : | surgical incision or division of a muscle (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | myringectomy, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of the eardrum (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | myringoplasty, |
| definition | : | surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | myringotomy, |
| definition | : | surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | neurosurgery, |
| definition | : | any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | orchiopexy, |
| definition | : | operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | osteotomy, |
| definition | : | surgical sectioning of bone (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | ostomy, |
| definition | : | surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | phlebectomy, |
| definition | : | surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | photocoagulation, |
| definition | : | surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | polypectomy, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of a polyp (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | resection, |
| definition | : | surgical removal of part of a structure or organ (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | rhinotomy, |
| definition | : | surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | rhizotomy, |
| definition | : | surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | sex-change operation, transsexual surgery, |
| definition | : | surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | purse-string operation, shirodkar's operation, |
| definition | : | a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | sterilisation, sterilization, |
| definition | : | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | strabotomy, |
| definition | : | the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | taxis, |
| definition | : | the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tracheostomy, tracheotomy, |
| definition | : | a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | trephination, |
| definition | : | an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tympanoplasty, |
| definition | : | surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | uranoplasty, |
| definition | : | surgical correction of a defect of the palate (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | vasovasostomy, |
| definition | : | a surgical procedure that attempts to restore the function of the vas deferens after a vasectomy (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | vivisection, |
| definition | : | the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | incision, section, surgical incision, |
| definition | : | the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | suturing, |
| definition | : | surgical joining of two surfaces (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | surgery, |
| definition | : | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | freeze, |
| definition | : | anesthetize by cold (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | suction, |
| definition | : | empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | decorticate, |
| definition | : | remove the cortex of (an organ) (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | ablate, |
| definition | : | remove an organ or bodily structure (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | trepan, |
| definition | : | cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | operative, surgical, |
| definition | : | relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | operative, surgical, |
| definition | : | relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine (adj.all) |
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