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1
Q

-lysis

A

Breakdown

2
Q

-itis

A

Inflammation

3
Q

-megaly

A

Enlargement

4
Q

-rrhage

A

Bursting forth

5
Q

-rrhoea

A

Flow

6
Q

-sclerosis

A

Hardening

7
Q

-stenosis

A

Narrowing

8
Q

-algia

A

Pain

9
Q

-dynia

A

Pain

10
Q

-coele

A

Cavity or space

11
Q

-ectasia

A

Dilation

12
Q

-plegia

A

Paralysis

13
Q

-ptosis

A

Displacement

14
Q

-ptysis

A

Spitting

15
Q

-malacia

A

Softening

16
Q

-centesis

A

Punctuate to remove

17
Q

-desis

A

Fusion

18
Q

-ectomy

A

Excision

19
Q

-stasis

A

Stopping or controlling

20
Q

-stomy

A

New opening for a tube, making a stoma

21
Q

-otomy

A

Process of cutting into

22
Q

-plasty

A

Reshaping or reconstruction

23
Q

-pexy

A

Surgical fixation in one place

24
Q

-rrhaphy

A

Join by suture

25
Q

-plication

A

Plaiting or folding of a structure onto itself

26
Q

-centesis

A

Drain with a needle

27
Q

Halsted’s Principles of Surgery

A
  1. Antiseptic technique
  2. Sharp anatomic dissection
  3. Gentle tissue handling
  4. Careful haemostasis (preservation of blood supply)
  5. Aviod tension
  6. Obliteration of dead space