Perioperative care [edit]. Peri-op care is the care that is given before, during and after surgery. It takes place in hospitals, in surgical centers attached to hospitals, in freestanding surgical centers or health care providers' offices. This period is used to prepare the patient both physically and psychologically for the surgical procedure and after surgery.
In clinical terms, often used to describe the portions of the appendicular skeleton (that is, upper extremity, lower extremity). See also: limb, end, pole. extremity. 1. the distal or terminal portion of elongated or pointed structures. 2. limb.
Medical terminology is language used to precisely describe the human body including its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon in. It is to be used in the field of medicine. Notable aspects of medical terminology include the use of Latin terms and regular morphology, with the same suffixes and prefixes use quite consistently for a particular meaning.