Chapter 2 Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
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append/o
A
appendix
2
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture remove fluid
3
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lith/o
A
stone, calculus
4
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-tripsy
A
to crush
5
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-lysis
A
separation; destroy; loosen
6
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-clasis
A
to break
7
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-pexy
A
fixation; to put in place
8
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture (row of stitches)
9
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
10
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-stomy
A
new opening
11
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-desis
A
to bind; tie together
12
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-tome
A
instrument to cut
13
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-tomy
A
process of cutting
14
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-scope
A
instrument; visual exam
15
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-scopy
A
visual examination
16
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-graph
A
instrument for recording
17
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-graphy
A
process of recording
18
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-meter
A
measure
19
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-metry
A
process of measuring
20
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-gram
A
record
21
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-algia, -dynia
A
pain
22
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-plasia, -plasm
A
development, formation, structure
23
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-gen, -genesis
A
producing; forming
24
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
A
bursting forth (of blood)
25
-edema
swelling
26
-cele
hernia
27
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
28
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
29
-stenosis
tightening; stricture
30
-rrhea
flow; discharge
31
-pathy
disease; emotion
32
-rrhexis
rupture
33
-plegia
paralysis; palsy
34
-ectasis
dilation; dilatation; widening
35
-emesis
vomiting
36
-emia
blood condition
37
-iasis
abnormal condition
38
-esis, -ia, -ism
condtion
39
-ician, -ist
specialist
40
-icle, -ole, -ule
small, minuscule
41
-malacia
softening
42
hem/o
blood
43
lymph/o
lymph
