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Question 1

-lysis

Answer 1

Breakdown

Question 2

-itis

Answer 2

Inflammation

Question 3

-megaly

Answer 3

Enlargement

Question 4

-rrhage

Answer 4

Bursting forth

Question 5

-rrhoea

Answer 5

Flow

Question 6

-sclerosis

Answer 6

Hardening

Question 7

-stenosis

Answer 7

Narrowing

Question 8

-algia

Answer 8

Pain

Question 9

-dynia

Answer 9

Pain

Question 10

-coele

Answer 10

Cavity or space

Question 11

-ectasia

Answer 11

Dilation

Question 12

-plegia

Answer 12

Paralysis

Question 13

-ptosis

Answer 13

Displacement

Question 14

-ptysis

Answer 14

Spitting

Question 15

-malacia

Answer 15

Softening

Question 16

-centesis

Answer 16

Punctuate to remove

Question 17

-desis

Answer 17

Fusion

Question 18

-ectomy

Answer 18

Excision

Question 19

-stasis

Answer 19

Stopping or controlling

Question 20

-stomy

Answer 20

New opening for a tube, making a stoma

Question 21

-otomy

Answer 21

Process of cutting into

Question 22

-plasty

Answer 22

Reshaping or reconstruction

Question 23

-pexy

Answer 23

Surgical fixation in one place

Question 24

-rrhaphy

Answer 24

Join by suture

Question 25

-plication

Answer 25

Plaiting or folding of a structure onto itself

Question 26

-centesis

Answer 26

Drain with a needle

Question 27

Halsted’s Principles of Surgery

Answer 27

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