Suffixes cpt2 Flashcards
1
Q
One who
A
-er, -ist
2
Q
Practitioner
A
-iatrician
3
Q
One who studies; specialist
A
-logist
4
Q
Pertaining to
A
-ac, -al, -ic
5
Q
Pertaining to the study of
A
-logic, -logical
6
Q
Medical profession or treatment
A
-iatrics, -iatry
7
Q
Study or science of
A
-logy
8
Q
Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
A
-centesis
9
Q
Excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
A
-ectomy
10
Q
Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
A
-lysis
11
Q
Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixes position)
A
-pexy
12
Q
Surgical repair
A
-plasty
13
Q
Suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
A
-rrhaphy
14
Q
Visual examination w/a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
A
-scopy
15
Q
Formation of an opening
A
-stomy
16
Q
An instrument used for cutting
A
-tome
17
Q
Incision (cutting into tissue)
A
-tomy
18
Q
Surgical crushing
A
-tripsy
19
Q
Pain
A
- Algia
- dynia
20
Q
Hernia
A
-cele
