180 SURGERY. 



SURGERY. 



Surgery (corrupted from chirurgery ; Gr. cJict'r, the hand, and 

 ergon, a work). — That part of the heahng art wliicli re- 

 lates to external diseases and their treatment, especially to 

 the manual operations adopted for their cure. 



A'cupuncture (Lat. acns, a needle, and j7;<«c^«r«, a puncture). 

 — A surgical operation which consists in puncturing parts 

 with a very fine needle. 



Agmatd'ogy (Gr. agma, agmafos, a fracture, and logos). — The 

 doctrine of fractures. A treatise on fractures. 



Amputa'tion. — The operation of separating, by means of a 

 cutting instrument, a limb or a part of a limb, or a pro- 

 jecting part, from the rest of the body. 



Au'topsy (Gr. autos, self, and opsis, sight). — Dissection of a 

 dead body for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, 

 or nature of a disease. 



Brachiot'omy (Gr. brachion, an arm, and tome, a cutting). — 

 Amputation of the arm. 



Castra'tion. — The operation of removing the testicles. 



Cephalom'eter (Gr. kepliale, a head, and metron, a measure). 

 — An instrument for measuring the different dimensions 

 of the foetal head during the process of accouchement. 



Cicatriza'tion. — The process by which a cicatrix is formed. 



Cionot'omy (Gr. l-iOn, the uvula, and tome, a cutting). — Ex- 

 cision of tlie uvula when too long. 



Coaptation. — The adjusting of parts to each other. 



Colpot'omy (Gr. kolpos, the vagina, and tome, a cutting). — 

 An incision of the vagina in parturition. 



Craniot'omy (Gr. kranioii, the cranium, and tome, a cutting). 

 — The operation of opening the head in parturition. 



Cystot'omy (Gr. Jiustis. the bladder, and tome, a cutting). — 

 Incision of the bladder. 



Detrunca'tion, — Separation of the trunk from the head of the 

 fujtus, the latter remaining in the uterus. 



Diortho'sis. — A surgical operation by which crooked or dis- 

 torted limbs are restored to their proper shape. 



Embryotomy (Gr. emUruon, an embryo, and tome, a cutting). 

 — A division of the fojtus into fragments, to extract it by 

 piecemeal, when the narrowness of the pelvis or other 

 faulty conformation opposes delivery. 



Gastrot'omy [Qv. gaster, the stomach, and tome, a cutting). — 



