4.5 Treatments and Therapies Flashcards
analgestic
An - not
Alge-Pain
Sic- agentgesic
A drug that relieves pain
antiarthritic
Anti- against
Arthri- joint pain
Tic- agent
drug that opposes joint inflammation
anti-inflammatory
Anti- against
Inflammatory
antipyretic
Anti- against
Pyre-fever
Tic- agent
drug that opposes fever
carpectomy
Carp- wrist
ectomy- removal
removal of wrist oarts
costectomy
Coste- Rib
ectomy- removal
removal of parts of the ribs
craniectomy
Crani- skull
ectomy- removal
removal of parts of the skull
craniotomy
removal of a portion of the skull
external fixation
fixing from outside fracture bone
internal fixation
fixing fracture bone from the inside
closed reduction
returning bones to their proper position without the use of surgery
open reduction
returning bones to their proper position through the use of surgery
metacarpectom
Meta- after
carp-wrist
ectomy- removal
removal of a bone in the hand
orthotics
Ortho- straight
tics-agent
a device that aids in the straightening or stabilizing of a part of the body
osteoclasia
Osteo- Bone
Clasia- breaking
the surgical breaking of a bone
osteoplasty
Osteo- bone
plasty-reconstruction
bone reconstruction
prosthesis
pro- toward
thesis- place
a device that is added to a body to replace a missing part or lost function
spondylosyndesis
fusing together of multiple vertebrae
sternotomy
stern- sternum
tomy- incision
incision into the sternum
tarsectomy
tars-ankle
ectomy-removal
removal portion of the ankle
fasciodesis
Fascia
Desis- binding
binding of fascia
fasciorrhaphy
Fascia
rrhaphy- suture
suturing of fascia
myomectomy
My- muscle
om-tumor
ectomy- removal
removal of muscle tumor
