d cesarean delivery caesarean delivery caesarian delivery cesarean section cesarian section caesarean section caesarian section C-section cesarean cesarian caesarean caesarian abdominal delivery a b a a | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
brain surgery | any surgical procedure involving the brain |
operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process | 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 |
wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
eye operation eye surgery | any surgical procedure involving the eyes |
face lift facelift lift face lifting cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face, an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised, some actresses have more than one face lift |
heart surgery | any surgical procedure involving the heart |
closed-heart surgery | heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened) |
open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
coronary bypass coronary bypass surgery coronary artery bypass graft CABG | open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart |
port-access coronary bypass surgery | heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine |
minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery | heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions |
cataract surgery | eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant |
intracapsular surgery | cataract surgery in which the entire lens is removed |
extracapsular surgery | cataract surgery in which only the front of the lens is removed, the back of the lens capsule remains intact and provides support for the lens implant |
cyclodestructive surgery | an eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser |
filtration surgery | eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues, a treatment for glaucoma |
laser trabecular surgery | eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor |
major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
minor surgery | any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
plastic surgery reconstructive surgery anaplasty | surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
sexhange operation transsexual surgery | surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex |
abdominal breathing | breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles, abdominal breathing is practiced by singers |
tree surgery | treatment of damaged or decaying trees |
operating room OR operating theater operating theatre surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
surgery | a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted, he read the warning in the doctor's surgery |
abdominal aorta | a branch of the descending aorta |
visceral pleura | pleura that covers the lungs |
epicardium visceral pericardium | the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium |
limbic system visceral brain limbic brain | a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior |
solar plexus coeliac plexus plexus celiacus abdominal nerve plexus | a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach |
abdominal abdominal muscle ab | the muscles of the abdomen |
external oblique muscle musculus obliquus externus abdominis abdominal external oblique muscle oblique | a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso |
abdominal cavity abdomen | the cavity containing the major viscera, in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm |
abdominal wall | a wall of the abdomen |
dental surgery | the branch of dentistry involving surgical procedures |
surgery | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures, he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School |
traumatology accident surgery | the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents |
Doctor of Dental Surgery DDS | a doctor's degree in dental surgery |
abdominal pregnancy | ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity |
abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA | an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension |
visceral leishmaniasis kala-azar Assam fever dumdum fever | leishmaniasis of the viscera |
abdominal actinomycosis | a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the abdomen |
intuitive nonrational visceral | obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation |
visceral splanchnic | relating to or affecting the viscera, visceral bleeding, a splanchnic nerve |
abdominal | of or relating to or near the abdomen, abdominal muscles |