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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CH 2 (2-1, 2-2)
Term | Definition |
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-iatrics, -iatry | field of medicine |
-iatrist, -ician, -ist | specialist |
-logist, -ologist | specialist in the study of |
-logy, -ology | study of |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-cidal, -cide | destroying, killing |
-desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together |
-dilation | widening, stretching, expanding |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
-metry | measurement |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
-scopy | visual examination |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | cutting into, incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-graphy | process of recording |