Group 3 Terms Flashcards
(35 cards)
1
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
2
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-desis
A
to fuse, bind, immobilize
3
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
4
Q
-gen, -genic, -genesis
A
origin, producing
5
Q
-gram
A
written or pictorial record
6
Q
-graph
A
device for graphic or pictorial recording
7
Q
-graphy
A
act of graphic or pictorial recording
8
Q
-meter
A
device for measuring
9
Q
-metry
A
act of measuring
10
Q
-pexy
A
surgical fixation
11
Q
–plasty
A
surgical repair
12
Q
-rrhapy
A
suture
13
Q
-scope
A
device for viewing
14
Q
-scopy
A
act of viewing
15
Q
-tomy
A
incision
16
Q
-tripsy
A
crushing
17
Q
-cyte
A
cell
18
Q
-edema
A
excessive fluid in intracellular tissues
19
Q
-emesis
A
vomiting
20
Q
-globin, globulin
A
protein
21
Q
-ism
A
condition, practice, or doctrine
22
Q
-lith
A
a stone, calculus, calcification
23
Q
-lysis
A
disintegration
24
Q
-opsy
A
visual examination
25
-pathy
disease state
26
-philic
loving
27
-phobia, -phobic
fear, fearing
28
-poiesis
producing or formation
29
-sclerosis
hard
30
-sis
condition
31
-stasis
level, unchanging
32
-stenosis
narrowed
33
-stomy
permanent opening
34
-tome
instrument for cutting
35
-tropin
nourishment or stimulation
