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Table 2-4,2-5,3-2
Suffixes that indicate medical specialty, surgeries, procedures, or treatments
Question | Answer |
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-iatrics, -iatry | field of medicine |
-iatrist, -ician, -ist | specialist |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
-graphy | process of recording |
-metry | measurement |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
-scopy | visual examination |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | cutting into,incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
AP | anteroposterior |
LAT | lateral |
LE | lower extremity |
LLQ | left lower quadrant |
LUQ | left upper quadrant |
PA | posteroanterior |
RLQ | Right lower quadrant |
RUQ | right upper quadrant |
UE | Upper extremity |