ligation - (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)

surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

centesis - (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid

drain - tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

landmark - an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken

stoma - a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)

graft, transplant - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

medical science - the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease

amastia - absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect)

phlebothrombosis, venous thrombosis - thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood

ligate - bind with a bandage or ligature; "ligate the artery"

extirpate - surgically remove (an organ)

enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover

exenterate - remove the contents of (an organ)

maxillofacial - of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla); "maxillofacial surgery"

room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, GB - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland

hospital room - a room in a hospital for the care of patients

ablation, cutting out, extirpation, excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissue

amputation - a surgical removal of all or part of a limb

angioplasty - an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery

arthroplasty - surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint

arthroscopy - a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision

brain surgery - any surgical procedure involving the brain

castration - surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization"

cauterisation, cauterization, cautery - the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

chemosurgery - use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer

craniotomy - a surgical opening through the skull

cryosurgery - the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers)

curettage, curettement - surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette

debridement - surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing

decortication - removal of the outer covering of an organ or part

D and C, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage - 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

electrosurgery - surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery)

enterostomy, enterotomy - surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine

enucleation - surgical removal of something without cutting into it; "the enucleation of the tumor"

wrong-site surgery - a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body

evisceration - surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

exenteration - surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)

fenestration - surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis

gastrectomy - surgical removal of all or part of the stomach

gastroenterostomy - surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated

gastrostomy - surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)

heart surgery - any surgical procedure involving the heart

haemorrhoidectomy, hemorrhoidectomy - surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them

haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis - surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)

hysterotomy - surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section)

implantation - a surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"

surgical incision, incision, section - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

iridectomy - surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye

iridotomy - a surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat glaucoma

intestinal bypass - surgical operation that shortens the small intestine; used in treating obesity

jejunostomy - surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding

major surgery - any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance

microsurgery - surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures