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Med Vocb Ch 3
Stack #223004
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation or fastening in a fixed position |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing (also used in diagnostic procedures) |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedures) |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| amniocentesis | is a surgical puncture of the amnion |
| partal or total excision of a nerve | neurectomy |
| neurolysis | destruction of nerve tissue or loosening of adhesions surrounding a nerve. |
| neurotrispy | surgical crushing of a nerve |
| otoplasty is the surgical repair of the | ear |
| aden(o) | gland |
| angi(o) | vessel |
| append(o), appendic(O) | appendix |
| blephar(o) | eyelid |
| cerebr(o), encephal(o) | brain; cerebr(o) sometimes means cerebrum, the main portion of the brain |
| chir(o) | hand |
| col(o), colon(o) | colon or large intestine |
| cutane(o), derm(a), dermat(o) | skin |
| mamm(o), mast(o) | breast |
| nephr(o), ren(o) | kidney |
| oste(o) | bone |
| tonsill(o) | tonsil |
| vas(o) | vessel; ductus deferencs (also called vas deferens, excretory duct of the testicle) |
| surgical repair of the eyelid | blepharoplasty |
| chiroplasty is plastic surgery on the | hand |
| angioplasty means plastic surgery on | vessels |
| angiorrhaphy means repair of a vessel by | suture |
| osteotomy is cutting of a | bone |
| incision made into the trachea through the neck | tracheotomy |
| adenoectomy | surgical removal of a gland |
| surgical removal of the appendix | appendectomy |
| excision of a breast | mastectomy |
| mammoplasty | surgical repair of the breast |
| incision of the brain | enecphalotomy and cerebrotomy |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilatation (dilation, enlargement)or stretching of a structure or part |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | to vomit, vomiting |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid (forms adjectives and nouns) | resembling |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | an instrument used to record |
| -graphy | the process of recording |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| pain in the eye | ophthalmalgia |
| deficiency of calcuim | calcipenia |
| enlargement of the heart | cardiomegaly |
| -rrhage and -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| softening | malacia |
| examination of the interior of the eye with an ophthalmscope | ophthalmoscopy |
| otoscopy | an examination of the outer ear, including the eardrum |
| CT | computed tomography |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| ultra- | excessive |
| CXR | chest x-ray |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| ECG, EKG | electrocardiogram |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| lab | laboratory |
| Sx | symptoms |
| WNL | within normal limits |
| ech(o), son(o) | sound |
| electr(o) | electricity |
| fluor(o) | emitting or reflecting light |
| radi(o) | radient energy |
| tom(o) | to cut |
| prognosis | predicted outcome |
| stasis | stopping, controlling |
| the term for objective evidence of an illness or disordered function is | sign |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ectasia | dilation or stretching |
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