Surgical Suffixes- Unit 2 Flashcards
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Out of, away, from
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ex
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Cut
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tomos
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opening like a mouth
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stoma
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Instrument used to cut slices
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tome
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Cut into, incise, incision
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tomy
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Cut out, remove, excise, excision
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ectomy
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Cut a new surgical opening
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ostomy
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Duodenum- first section or the small intestines
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duoden/o
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Inflammation
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itis
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To write or record
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graph
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Picture or record
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gram
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Suffix means pain
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-algia
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Heart
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Cardi/o
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Combining form for electrical
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electr/o
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Combining form meaning sound
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son/o
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Combining form meaning sound made by reflected sound waves
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ech/o
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Combining form meaning ray
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radi/o
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Combining form meaning disease
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path/I
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Reflection through the skin of bright yellow in the blood plasma
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Jaundice
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Skin
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Derma
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Suffix means cell
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-cyte
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Suffix means embryonic or immature cell
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-blast
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Suffix for blood
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-emia
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Green
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Chlor/o
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Yellow
Xanth/o
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Red
Erythr/o
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White
Leuk/o
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Black
Melan/o
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Suffix meaning an instrument used to measure or count something
-meter
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Suffix meaning the process of mean during or counting something
-metry
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Blood clot
Thromb/o
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Tissue
Hist/o
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Large
Megal/o
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Immature cell
Blastocyte
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Heart pain
Cardialgia
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Physician specialist in heart disease
Cardiologist
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Enlarged heart
Cardiomegaly
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Blueness of the skin
Cyanoderma
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Condition of blueness
Cyanosis
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A technologist who studies cellular disease
Cytologist
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The science of studying cells
Cytology
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Instrument used to count cells
Cytometer
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Process of using a cytometer
Cytometry
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The science of studying the skin
Dermatology
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Instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue
Dermatome
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Pertaining to the duodenum
Duodenal
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Incision into the duodenum
Duodenotomy
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First part of the small intestine
Duodenum
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Sonography of the heart
Echocardiography
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Electrocardiogram
Picture
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Instrument that produces the electrocardiogram
Electrocardiograph
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Process of using the electrocardiograph
Electrocardiography
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Reddened skin
Erythema
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Abnormally red blood due to too many erythrocytes
Erythremia
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Immature red blood cells
Erythroblast
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Red blood cells
Erythrocytopenia
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High numbers of erythrocytes
Erythrocytosis
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Redness of skin
Erythroderma
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The study of the origin of the cause of disease
Etiology
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Stomach pain
Gastralgia
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Excision of stomach
Gastrectomy
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Pertaining to the stomach
Gastric
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Making a new opening between the stomach and duodenum
Gastroduodenostomy
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Enlarged stomach
Gastromegaly
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Making a new opening in the stomach
Gastrostomy
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Immature tissue cells
Histoblast
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The science if studying tissues
Histology
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Pertaining to below the dermis
Hypodermic
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Tissue condition of redness, swelling, hear
Inflammation
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Blood cancer involving leukocyte and bone marrow
Leukemia
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Low numbers of leukocytes
Leukocytopenia
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High numbers of leukocytes
Leukocytosis
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Abnormally white skin
Leukoderma
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Pertaining to the lymph system
Lymphatic
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Obstructed lymph vessels causing fluid buildup in tissues
Lymphedema
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Lymphatic system white blood cells
Lymphocyte
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Abnormally enlarged self-image
Megalomania
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Immature melanocytes
Melanoblast
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Pigment cell
Melanocyte
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Dark patches of skin
Melanoderma
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Physician specialist in the study of disease
Pathologist
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The science of studying disease
Pathology
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X-ray picture
Radiogram
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Process of producing radiograms
Radiography
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Instrument used to produce the radiogram or the X-ray film
Radiograph
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Physician specialist in the interpretation of radiograms and other diagnostic imaging modalities
Radiologist
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Image of the body produced by computerized reflected sound
Sonogram
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Instrument that reflects sound waves through the body, picks then up with a transducer and uses a computer to create an image of body structures
Sonography
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Technologist who performs sonography
Sonographer
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Process of using a sonograph
Sonography
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Platelets, blood-clotting cell fragments
Thrombocytes
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Low numbers of thrombocytes
Thrombocytopenia
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High numbers of thrombocytes
Thrombocytosis
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Picture made by a tomograph
Tomogram
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Instrument that uses X-ray to produce images through planes of the body
Tomograph
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The process of using a tomograph
Tomography
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Yellow condition of the blood
Xanthemia
