Chapter 2 Flashcards by Madison Kutschman | Brainscape

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Surgical suffixes describe..

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a type of invasive procedure on a body part

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Excision, removal

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Ectomy

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Surgical puncture

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Centesis

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Crushing

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Tripsy

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Seperation, destruction, loosening

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Lysis

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To break, surgical fracture

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Clasis

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Fixation of an organ

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Pexy

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Suture

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Rrhaphy

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Surgical Repair

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Plasty

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Forming an opening (mouth)

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Stomy

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Binding, fixation (bone or joint)

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Desis

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Instrument to cut

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Tome

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Incision

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Tomy

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Diagnostic suffix do what

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Denote a procedure or test to figure out the cause and nature of an illness

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Instrument for examining

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Scope

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Instrument for recording

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Graph

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Visual examination

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Scopy

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Process of recording

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Graphy

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Instrument for measuring

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Meter

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Act of measuring

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Metry

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Record, writing

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Gram

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Pathological suffix

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Describe an abnormal condition or disease

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Pain

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Algia or Dynia

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Forming, producing, origin

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Genesis or gen

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Vomitting

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Emesis

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Swelling

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Edema

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Hernia swelling

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Cele

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Abnormal condition, increase, primarily with blood cells

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Osis

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Involuntary contraction, twitching

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Spasm

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Narrowing, stricture

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Stenosis

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Dischange, flow

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Rrhea

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Disease

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Pathy

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Rupture

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Rrhexis

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Paralysis

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Plegia

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Dilation, expansion

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Ectasis

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Blood condition

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Emia

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With grammatical suffixes, what can be added on for adjective and nouns?

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Adj- ic and al

N- ician and ia

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Small, minute

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Ule, ole

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Adjective suffixes, ac, al, ar, ile, mean what?

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Pertaining to

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Noun suffixes, esis, ia, and ism mean what?

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Condition

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Noun suffixes, ician and ist mean what?

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Specialist

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Noun suffix, iatry means what?

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Medicine, treatment

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Diminutive suffixes, icle, ole and ule mean what?

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Small, minute

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Singular to plural, ovum and thrombus

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Ova and thrombi

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Joint

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Arthr

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Appendix

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Append

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Muscle

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My

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Trachea

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Trache

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Nerve

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Neur

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Stones

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Lith

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Cancer

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Carcin

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Liver

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Hepat

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Blood

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Hem