Chapter 2 Flashcards
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-emesis
Vomiting
Hematemesis
Vomiting blood
-centesis
Surgical puncture
Arthrocentesis
Surgical puncture of the joint
-dynia
Pain
Osteodynia
Pain in the bone
Brain
Encephalo
Mening
Menings
Encephalomeningopathy
Disease in the brain and menings
Disease in the brain and menings
Encephalomeningopathy
What’s an arthrocentesis
A surgical puncture to remove fluid in a joint by using a needle inserted into the joint space it may also help to obtain samples of synovial fluid for diagnostic purposes and to install medication
-clasis
To break ( surgical fracture)
Osteoclasis
Surgical puncture of the bone
-desis
Binding fixation ( of a bone or joint)
Appendectomy
Excision or removal of the appendix
Thrombo
Blood clot
-lysis
Separation destruction loosening
Thrombolysis
Destruction or separation of a blood clot
By drug therapy
Mastopexy
Fixation of the breast
Rhinoplasty
Surgical repair of the nose
It changes the size or shape of the nose
-rraphy
Suture
Myorraphy
Suture of the muscle
Tracheo
Trachea ( windpipe)