Chapter 2 Flashcards by m w

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crin/o

A

to secrete

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esthesi/o

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feeling or sensation

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rhin/o

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nose

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path/o

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disease

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laryng/o

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larynx

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oto

A

ear

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neoplasm

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new growth of tissue that forms abnormal mass

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pathology

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study of disease

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orthopedics

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preservation and restoration of bones and structures

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epidemiology

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study of incidence, prevalence, spread, prevention and control of disease in a community

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid (amniocentesis)

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-ectomy

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excision (removal)

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-lysis

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loosening, freeing, destroying

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-pexy

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surgical fixation (mastopexy)

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suture (angiorrhaphy)

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-tome

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an instrument for cutting (microtome)

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-stomy

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formation of an opening (tracheostomy)

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-tomy

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incision (cutting into tissue)

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing (lithotripsy)

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aden/o

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gland

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angi/o

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vessel

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append/o

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appendix

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blephar/o

A

eyelid

chir/o

hand

col/o

colon/large intestine

cutane/o, derm/a

skin

faci/o

face

hepat/o

liver

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

vas/o

vessel

-dynia

pain

-cele

hernia

-ectasia/-ectasis

dilatation, enlargement

-ia/-iasis

condition

-lith

stone/callus

-malacia

soft, softening

-mania

excessive preoccupation

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

prolapse

-rrhage, -rrhagia

excessive bleeding

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-stasis

stopping

-ase

enzyme

-eum, -ium

membrane

-iac

one who suffers

-opia

vision

-ose

sugar

-ous

pertaining to

amylo-

starch