Medical Terms Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| aponeurorrhaphy | suture of an aponeurosis aponeur/o/rrhaphy |
| arthrocentesis | surgical puncture of a joint to aspirate fluid arthr/o/centesis |
| arthroclasia | breaking of a joint for procedural purposes arthr/o/clasia |
| arthrodesis | surgical fixation of a joint arthr/o/desis |
| arthroplasty | surgical repair of a joint arthr/o/plasty |
| bursectomy | excision of a bursa burs/ectomy |
| carpectomy | excision of carpal bone carp/ectomy |
| chondrectomy | excision of a cartilage chondr/ectomy |
| chondroplasty | surgical repair of a cartilage chondr/o/plasty |
| costectomy | excision of a rib cost/ectomy |
| cranioplasty | surgical repair of the skull crani/o/plasty |
| craniotomy | incision of the skull crani/o/tomy |
| diskectomy | excision of an intervertebral disk disk/ectomy |
| laminectomy | excision of a lamina lamin/ectomy |
| maxillectomy | excision of the maxilla maxilla/ectomy |
| meniscectomy | excision of the meniscus menisc/ectomy |
| myorrhaphy | suture of a muscle my/o/rrhaphy |
| ostectomy | excision of bone ost/ectomy |
| osteoclasis | surgical breaking of a bone to correct a deformity oste/o/clasis |
| patellectomy | excision of the patella patell/ectomy |
| phalangectomy | excision of a finger or toe bone phalang/ectomy |
| rachiotomy | incision into the vertebral column rachi/o/tomy |
| spondylosyndesis | fusing together of the vertebrae spondyl/o/syn/desis |
| synovectomy | excision of the synovial membrane synov/ectomy |
| tarsectomy | excision of tarsal bones tars/ectomy |
| tenomyoplasty | surgical repair of the tendon and muscle ten/o/my/o/plasty |
| tenorrhaphy | suture of a tendon ten/o/rrhaphy |
| vertebroplasty | surgical repair of vertebra vertebr/o/plasty |
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