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MedTerms Week 2
Medical Terminology Week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrage | bleeding |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| -ostomy | surgically creating on opening |
| -rrhapy | surgical suturing |
| arterioscelerosis | abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery |
| colostomy | surgical creation of an artificial opening of the colon to the body surface |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| -algia | pain, painful condition |
| colotomy | surgical incision in the colon |
| hemorrhage | excessive loss of blood |
| myorrhaphy | suturing of a muscle |
| myorrhexis | ruptured muscle |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| tonsillectomy | removal of tonsil |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| neuroplasty | surgical repair of a nerve |
| gastrosis | abnormal condition of stomach |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| diarrhea | flow of frequent loose watery stool |
| -itis | inflammation |
| hypo- | deficient/decreased |
| hyper- | excessive/increased |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| neuralgia | pain in the nerve |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -rrhexis | rupture |