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-centesis   surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid  
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-ectomy   excision (surgical removal or cutting out)  
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-lysis   process of loosening, freeing, or destroying  
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-pexy   surgical fixation or fastening in a fixed position  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhaphy   suture (uniting a wound by stitches)  
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-scope   instrument used for viewing (also used in diagnostic procedures)  
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-scopy   visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedures)  
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-stomy   formation of an opening  
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-tome   an instrument used for cutting  
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-tomy   incision (cutting into tissue)  
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-tripsy   surgical crushing  
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amniocentesis   is a surgical puncture of the amnion  
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partal or total excision of a nerve   neurectomy  
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neurolysis   destruction of nerve tissue or loosening of adhesions surrounding a nerve.  
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neurotrispy   surgical crushing of a nerve  
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otoplasty is the surgical repair of the   ear  
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aden(o)   gland  
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angi(o)   vessel  
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append(o), appendic(O)   appendix  
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blephar(o)   eyelid  
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cerebr(o), encephal(o)   brain; cerebr(o) sometimes means cerebrum, the main portion of the brain  
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chir(o)   hand  
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col(o), colon(o)   colon or large intestine  
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cutane(o), derm(a), dermat(o)   skin  
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mamm(o), mast(o)   breast  
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nephr(o), ren(o)   kidney  
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oste(o)   bone  
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tonsill(o)   tonsil  
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vas(o)   vessel; ductus deferencs (also called vas deferens, excretory duct of the testicle)  
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surgical repair of the eyelid   blepharoplasty  
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chiroplasty is plastic surgery on the   hand  
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angioplasty means plastic surgery on   vessels  
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angiorrhaphy means repair of a vessel by   suture  
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osteotomy is cutting of a   bone  
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incision made into the trachea through the neck   tracheotomy  
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adenoectomy   surgical removal of a gland  
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surgical removal of the appendix   appendectomy  
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excision of a breast   mastectomy  
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mammoplasty   surgical repair of the breast  
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incision of the brain   enecphalotomy and cerebrotomy  
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-algia, -dynia   pain  
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-ectasia, -ectasis   dilatation (dilation, enlargement)or stretching of a structure or part  
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-edema   swelling  
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-emesis   to vomit, vomiting  
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-malacia   soft, softening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oid (forms adjectives and nouns)   resembling  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-rrhage, -rrhagia   excessive bleeding or hemorrhage  
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-rrhea   flow or discharge  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-spasm   twitching, cramp  
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-stasis   stopping, controlling  
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-gram   a record  
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-graph   an instrument used to record  
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-graphy   the process of recording  
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-scope   instrument used for viewing  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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pain in the eye   ophthalmalgia  
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deficiency of calcuim   calcipenia  
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enlargement of the heart   cardiomegaly  
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-rrhage and -rrhagia   excessive bleeding or hemorrhage  
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softening   malacia  
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examination of the interior of the eye with an ophthalmscope   ophthalmoscopy  
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otoscopy   an examination of the outer ear, including the eardrum  
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CT   computed tomography  
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MRI   magnetic resonance imaging  
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ultra-   excessive  
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CXR   chest x-ray  
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Dx   diagnosis  
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ECG, EKG   electrocardiogram  
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GI   gastrointestinal  
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lab   laboratory  
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Sx   symptoms  
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WNL   within normal limits  
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ech(o), son(o)   sound  
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electr(o)   electricity  
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fluor(o)   emitting or reflecting light  
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radi(o)   radient energy  
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tom(o)   to cut  
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prognosis   predicted outcome  
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stasis   stopping, controlling  
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the term for objective evidence of an illness or disordered function is   sign  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ectasia   dilation or stretching  
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