sequest-, sequestr-

(Latin: to give up for safe keeping; a depository, trustee; to shut up illegally)

sequester

To detach abnormally or separate a small portion from the whole.

sequestra

Plural of sequestrum.

sequestral

Pertaining to or of the nature of a sequestrum.

sequestrant

A sequestering agent; such as, for example, cholestyramine resin, that binds bile acids in the intestine, thus preventing their absorption.

sequestration

1. The formation of a piece of a sequestrum.
2. The isolation of a patient.
3. A net increase in the quantity of blood within a limited vascular area, occurring physiologically, with or without forward flow persisting, or produced artificially by the application of tourniquets.

sequestrectomy, sequestrotomy

The surgical removal of a sequestrum (a piece of dead bone that has become separated during the process of necrosis from the sound bone).

sequestrum

A piece of dead bone that has become separated during the process of necrosis from sound bone.

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sequest-, sequestr-

(Latin: to give up for safe keeping; a depository, trustee; to shut up illegally)

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