Chapter 2 Flashcards by Yash Dhillon

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append/o

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appendix

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-centesis

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surgical puncture remove fluid

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lith/o

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stone, calculus

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-tripsy

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to crush

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-lysis

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separation; destroy; loosen

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-clasis

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to break

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-pexy

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fixation; to put in place

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-rrhaphy

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suture (row of stitches)

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-stomy

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new opening

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-desis

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to bind; tie together

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-scope

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instrument; visual exam

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-meter

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measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-gram

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record

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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-plasia, -plasm

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development, formation, structure

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-gen, -genesis

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producing; forming

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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bursting forth (of blood)

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-edema

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swelling

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-cele

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hernia

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

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-spasm

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sudden contraction of muscles

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-stenosis

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tightening; stricture

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-rrhea

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flow; discharge

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-pathy

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disease; emotion

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-plegia

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paralysis; palsy

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-ectasis

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dilation; dilatation; widening

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood condition

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-esis, -ia, -ism

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condtion

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-ician, -ist

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specialist

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-icle, -ole, -ule

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small, minuscule

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-malacia

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softening

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hem/o

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blood

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lymph/o

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lymph