Chapter 2 Flashcards
(114 cards)
1
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture
2
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-clasis
A
surgical fracture
3
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-desis
A
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
4
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
5
Q
-lysis
A
separation, destruction, loosening
6
Q
-pexy
A
fixation (of an organ)
7
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
8
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
9
Q
-stomy
A
forming an opening (mouth)
10
Q
-tome
A
instrument to cut
11
Q
-tomy
A
incision
12
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-tripsy
A
crushing
13
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-gram
A
record, writing
14
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-graph
A
instrument for recording
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-graphy
A
process of recording
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-meter
A
instrument for measuring
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-metry
A
act of measuring
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-scope
A
instrument for examining
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-scopy
A
visual examination
20
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-algia
A
pain
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-dynia
A
pain
22
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-cele
A
hernia, swelling
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-ectasis
A
dilation, expansion
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-edema
A
swelling
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-emesis
vomiting
26
-emia
blood condition
27
-gen
forming, producing, origin
28
-logy
study of
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-genesis
forming, producing, origin
30
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
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-itis
inflammation
32
-lith
stone, calculus
33
-malacia
softening
34
-megaly
enlargement
35
-oma
tumor
36
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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-pathy
disease
38
-penia
decrease, deficiency
39
-phagia
eating, swallowing
40
-phasia
speech
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-phobia
fear
42
-plasia
formation, growth
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-plasm
formation, growth
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-plegia
paralysis
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-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
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-rrhage
bursting forth (of)
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-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
rupture
50
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
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-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
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-toxic
poison
54
-trophy
nourishment, development
55
-ac
pertaining to (adjective)
56
-al
pertaining to (adjective)
57
-ar
pertaining to (adjective)
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-ary
pertaining to (adjective)
59
-eal
pertaining to (adjective)
60
-ic
pertaining to (adjective)
61
-ical
pertaining to (adjective)
62
-ile
pertaining to (adjective)
63
-ior
pertaining to (adjective)
64
-ous
pertaining to (adjective)
65
-tic
pertaining to (adjective)
66
-esis
condition
67
-ia
condition
68
-ism
condition
69
-iatry
medicine, treatment
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-ician
specialist
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-ist
specialist
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mening/o
meninges
73
-y
condition, process
74
-icle
small, minute
75
-ole
small, minute
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-ule
small, minute
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mast/o
breast
78
thromb/o
blood clot
79
rhin/o
nose
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my/o
muscle
81
trache/o
trachea
82
lith/o
stone, calculus
83
cardi/o
heart
84
angi/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
85
pelv/i
pelvis
86
oste/o
bone
87
electr/o
electricity
88
endo-
in, within
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neur/o
nerve
90
ot/o
ear
91
hepat/o
liver
92
lymph/o
lymph
93
hyper-
excessive, above normal
94
an-
without, not (vowel)
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carcin/o
cancer
96
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
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encephal/o
brain
98
enter/o
intestine
99
hem/o
blood
100
erythr/o
red
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a-
without, not (consonant)
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cyan/o
blue
103
chondr/o
cartilage
104
neo-
new
105
hemi-
one half
106
blephar/o
eyelid
107
men/o
menses, menstruation
108
dia-
through, across
109
hepat/o
liver
110
arteri/o
artery
111
di-
double
112
path/o
disease
113
Types of Suffixes
1) surgical
2) diagnostic, pathological, and related
3) grammatical and diminutive
4) singular and plural
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Purpose of Suffixes
usually an indication of a pathology, condition, symptom, therapeutic or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech
