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MedOc Quiz 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -Algia | Means pain |
| -Emia | Means blood |
| -It is | Means inflammation |
| -Lysis | Means to break down or destroy |
| -Oid | Means like |
| -Opathy | Common term used to describe any type of disease |
| -Pnea | Means breathing or breath |
| -Centesis | Refers to puncturing a caving in order to remove fluid |
| -Ectomy | Means the surgical removal of something |
| -Ostomy | Means to make a permanent opening into a body space |
| -Otomy | Means cutting into or incising something |
| -Orrhapy | Means to suture or surgically repair something |
| -Opexy | Is an uncommon suffix meant to surgically repair something into place |
| -Plasty or oplasty | Both terms mean to surgically repair something into place |
| -Otripsy | Suffix used for crushing or destroying something |
| -Ology | Means the study of |