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Surgical Terms
med term - surgical Terms and tools, treatments, symptoms, and pathology vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -centesis | a surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| aspirate | to remove a fluid by vacuum suction |
| -ectomy | a surgical procedure involving an excision, or cutting out |
| excision | a surgical procedure of removal or cutting out |
| -lysis | the process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
| -pexy | the surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound with stitches) |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -therapy | treatment |
| pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i) | drugs or medicine |
| therapeut(o) | treatment |
| algesi(o) | sensitivity to pain |
| chem(o) | chemical |
| cry(o) | cold |
| narc(o) | stupor |
| therm(o) | heat |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilatation, or the stretching of a body structure |
| -edema | swelling |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -emesis | to vomit, or vomiting |
| esthesi(o) | feeling or sensation |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching, or cramp |
| pathology | the study of disease and the way it affects the functions of the body |
| disease | a condition that affects the normal functioning of the body; in some cases known as a disorder |
| symptom | the effects of a disease that a person feels, such as aches and pains |
| communicable disease | a disease that is contagious |
| non-communicable disease | a disease that is not contagious |
| pathologist | a doctor who studies diseases and causes of death |
| geneticist | someone who studies how traits and genes are passed down |
| oncologist | a doctor who specializes in treating cancer |
| psychiatrist | a doctor who specializes in treating emotional and behavioral issues |
| immunologist | a doctor who studies how well the body can fight against diseases and infections |
| surgery | the treatment or investigation of disease through cutting or manipulation of the body |
| surgeon | a physician who specializes in surgery |
| -scope | a surgical instrument used for viewing and in diagnostic procedures |
| -ectomy | a surgical procedure involving an excision, or cutting out |
| -tome | instrument used for cutting |
| -stomy | forming an opening or joining two previously unconnected organs |
| -tomy | incision, or cutting into tissue |
| -tripsy | intentional surgical crushing of a part of the body |
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