10 Terms
Contributors in Surgery
Surgery
trepanning
Health care; Surgery
A prehistoric medical procedure in which a tool is used to bore a hole into a person's skull. The practice is intended to relieve the pressure from severe headaches or release demons from within the ...
face transplant
Health care; Surgery
A face transplant is a medical surgery that replaces all or parts of an individual's face. This surgery treats people with facial disfigurement due to trauma, burns, birth defects, or disease. The ...
surgeon
Health care; Surgery
A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity via operative or manual methods to physically change body tissues. The definition of surgeon has begun to blur in recent years as surgeons have ...
paresthesias
Health care; Surgery
Abnormal or inappropriate sensations in an organ, part, or area of the skin, as of burning, prickling, tingling, etc.
local anesthesia
Health care; Surgery
Local or regional anesthesia involves the injection or application of an anesthetic drug to a specific area of the body.
orthodontic treatment
Health care; Dentistry
Dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy.
