surgical terminology Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
ankyl/o | bent, crooked, stiff, fused, fixed, closed |
auto-, aut | self,same |
bio- | life |
-centesis | puncture |
circum- | around,circular,circular movement |
-clasia, -clasis, -clast | break, breaking |
cry-, cry/o | cold |
-desis | binding,stabilizing,fixation of a bone to joint,tie together |
dors/i,dors/o | back,back portion,towrad the back |
-ec | out,away |
-ectomy | removal of an anatomic structure; literall,"to cut out" |
electr/o | electric;electricity |
-esthesia | perception,feeling,sensitivity |
herni/o | hernia,rupture,protrusion of a part of a structure through the tissues containing it |
lith-,lith/o | stone,calculus,calcification |
-lysis | dissolution(G. loosening) |
mes-,mes/o | middle, mean, intermediacy |
-opsy | excision or removal of |
os- | mouth |
-ostomy | artificial,nonphysiologic,or surgical opening; literally,"to cut a new mouth" |
-otomy | a cutting operation; literally, "to cut into" |
-pexy | fixation,usually surgical |
-plasty | surgical procedure for repair of a defect or restoration of form and/or function of a part |
-rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument for viewing, but meaning expanded to include other methods of examination |
-scopy | action or activity that uses an instrument for viewing |
-stasis | stop,stand |
-stomy | artificial or surgical opening |
sub- | beneath, below, less than normal or typical, inferior (i.e.,worse) |
sym-, syn- | together,with,joined |
tom | to cut |
-tome | a cutting instrument |
-tomy | incision,a cutting operation |
trans- | across,through,beyond |
-tripsy | rubbing,crushing |
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