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31 Cards in this Set
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Alteration |
Modifying the anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part. |
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Bypass |
Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part. |
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Change |
Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane. |
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Control |
Stopping or attempting to stop post procedural bleeding. |
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Creation |
Making a new genital structure that does not physically take the place of a body part. |
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Destruction |
Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent. |
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Detachment |
Cutting off all or a portion of the upper or lower extremities. |
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Dilation |
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part. |
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Division |
Cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate transect a body part. |
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Drainage |
Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part. |
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Excision |
Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part. |
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Extirpation |
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part. |
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Extraction |
Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force. |
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Fragmentation |
Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces. |
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Fusion |
Joining together portions of an articular body part rendering the articular body part immobile. |
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Insertion |
Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part. |
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Inspection |
Visually and/or manually explaining a body part. |
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Map |
Locating the route of passage of electrical impulses and/or locating functional areas in a body part. |
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Occlusion |
Completely closing an orifice or lumen of a tubular body part. |
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Reattachment |
Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location. |
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Release |
Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint. |
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Removal of Device from |
Taking out or off a device from a body part. |
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Repair |
Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function. |
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Replacement |
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part. |
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Reposition |
Moving to its normal location or other suitable location, all or a portion of a body part. |
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Resection |
Cutting out or off, without replacement all of a body part. |
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Restriction |
Partial closing the orifice or lumen of a tubular body part. |
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Revision |
Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning or the position of a displaced device. |
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Suppplement |
Putting in or on biologic or synthetic material that physically reinforces the function of a portion of a body part. |
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Transfer |
Moving without taking out all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part. |
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Transplantation |
Putting in or on all or a portion of a living body part taken from another individual or animal to physically take the place of all or a portion of a similar body part. |