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KEY TERMS
• Abscess is a collection of pus in a cavity surrounded by inflamed tissue
• Absorbable suture is a suture material that is gradually digested and absorbed by the body
• Bandage is a strip of woven material used to wrap or cover a part of the body
• Biopsy is the surgical removal and examination of tissue from the living
• Colposcope is a lighted instrument with a binocular magnifying lens used to
examine the vagina
• Contaminate is to cause a sterile object or surface to become unsterile
• Cryosurgery is a therapeutic use of
freezing temperatures to destroy abnormal tissue
• Hemostasis is the arrest of bleeding by natural or artificial means