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Cutdown
An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it.
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noun
- 1
An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it.
- 2
A customized scooter with parts of the bodywork removed or cut away.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| venotomynoun | surgical incision into a vein |
| venesectionnoun | (medicine) Cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy. |
| venectomynoun | (surgery) The excision of part of a vein, typically as a treatment for varicose veins |
| crossectomynoun | (surgery) A procedure that ligates the great saphenous vein at its termination into the femoral vein. |
| excisionnoun | (surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting. |
| varicotomynoun | (surgery) The surgical procedure of removing varicose veins. |
| bleedernoun | A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac. |
| venorrhaphynoun | (surgery) suture of a vein |
| cannulationnoun | The insertion of a cannula |
| saphenectomynoun | (surgery) Removal of a saphenous vein |
| cauterynoun | (surgery) A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue. |
| phlebectomynoun | (surgery) The removal of a vein, especially of a varicose vein |
| varicectomynoun | (surgery) phlebectomy of varicose veins |
| cuppingnoun | The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done. |
| cardiopuncturenoun | (surgery) cardiocentesis |
| endophlebectomynoun | The removal of a vein from within the body. |
| varicocelectomynoun | (surgery) The ligature and excision of a varicocele. |
| écrasementnoun | (surgery) The operation of removing a part, as a tumor, by a wire or chain loop gradually tightened so as to cut slowly through its attachment. |
| endocutternoun | (surgery) An endomechanical cutter |
| varicosectomynoun | The removal of varicose veins. |
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