#medical procedure

• Anesthetize — To subject a living organism, a patient, or an anatomical region to the action of an anesthetic agent, with the purpose of temporarily and reversibly suppressing pain sensitivity during a medical procedure. Figuratively, the action expresses the neutralization, numbing, or annihilation of the emotional, moral, or sensory responsiveness of a person or a community toward external stimuli.
• Aortography — A diagnostic radiological procedure consisting of the visualization of the aorta using X-rays, following the introduction of a catheter and the injection of a contrast medium directly into its lumen. This structural technique allows a detailed evaluation of the vascular anatomy and precise identification of wall defects, aneurysms, or stenoses before surgery.
• Asepticize — To destroy microbes, bacteria, or other pathogenic microorganisms from the environment, objects, medical instruments, or surfaces, utilizing precision physical or chemical methods; to perform asepsis. This technical procedure guarantees the elimination of infection or structural contamination risks, creating a sterile space suitable for surgical interventions or high-safety industrial processes.
• Autoleukocytotherapy — An advanced therapeutic method consisting of harvesting, isolating, processing, or activating in the laboratory leukocytes (white blood cells) from a patient's own blood, followed by their reintroduction into their organism. Used in cancer immunotherapy or in treating severe infectious and autoimmune conditions, this autologous medical procedure aims to stimulate, reconfigure, or amplify the immune system's natural defense capacity against tumor cells or pathogens.
• Abort — To undergo or induce an abortion; to expel the product of conception prematurely; (about animals or plants) to drop the fruit or stop the normal evolution of an organ in its developmental phase; (metaphorically / technically) to abruptly halt the execution of a computer operation, a project, or a strategic mission before its structural completion.