Chapter 3 Flashcards
What word is pain in the joint?
arthralgia
What word is pain in the ear
otalgia
What word is pain in the nerves?
neuralgia
What word is pain in the muscle?
myalgia
What word is hernia of the rectum?
rectocele
What word is hernia of the urinary bladder?
cystocele
What word is a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest cavity?
thoracentesis
What word is a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the amnion?
amniocentesis
What word is twisted berry chapped bacteria?
streptococcus
What is a cluster of berry shapped bacteria?
staphylococcus
What word is clotting cell?
thrombocyte
What word is pain in the pleura?
pleurodynia
What word is the removal of breast?
mastectomy
What word is without blood?
anemia
What word is to hold back blood from a part of the body or tissue?
ischemia
What word is a condition of producing cancer?
carcinogenic
What word is a condition of producing disease?
pathogenesis
What word is the forming of blood vessel?
angiogenesis
What word is a condition of producing bone?
esteogenic
What word is the record of electricity to the brain?
electroencephalogram
What word is the record of the spinal cord?
myelogram
What word is the record of the breast?
mammogram
What word is the process of recording the spinal cord?
myelography
What word is the process of recording a vessel?
angiography
What word is the inflammation of the tonsils?
tonsillitis
What word is the inflammation of a vein with a clot?
thrombophlebitis
What word is the study of the eye?
ophthalmology
What word is the breakdown of red blood cells?
hemolysis
What word is softening of the bone?
osteomalacia
What word is softening of the cartilage?
chondromalacia
What word is enlargement of extremities?
acromegaly
What word is enlargement of the speen?
spenomegaly
What word is benign muscle tumor?
myoma
What word is malignant fletch tumor of muscle?
myosarcoma
What word is to view death?
necropsy
What word is condition of dead tissue?
necrosis
What word is abnormal condition of fluid on the kidneys?
hydronephrosis
What word is abnormal condition of increase white blood cells?
leukocytosis
What word is disease condition of the heart muscle?
cardiomyopathy
What word is deficiency of red blood cells?
erythropenia
What word is fear of open spaces?
agoraphobia
What word is excessive growth of cells?
hyperplasia
What word is surgical repair of a blood vessel?
angioplasty
What word is condition of drooping eyelid?
biepharoptosis
What word is condition of dropping kidney?
nephroptosis
What word is discharge from the nose?
rhinorrhea
What word is hardening of an artery?
arteriosclerosis
What word is instrument to visually examine the abdominal wall?
laparoscope
What word is process to visual examination of the abdominal wall?
laparoscopy
What word is beyond control?
metastasis
What word is stop bleeding?
hemostasis
What word is to form a new opening in the colon?
colostomy
What word is to form a new opening in the trachea?
tracheostomy
What word is treatment of water?
hydrotherapy
What word is treatment with drugs and chemicals?
chemotharapy
What word is incision of abdominal wall?
laparotomy
What word is incision in the vein?
phlebotomy
What word is excessive nourishment?
hypertrophy
What word is no nourishment?
atrophy
Define
Er-
la-
ist-
ole-
ule-
um-
ium-
y-
Er-
one who
la-
condition
ist-
specialist
ole-, ule-
little/small
um-
structure
ium-
tissue
y-
condition/process
Define:
ac, iac
al
ar
arty
eal
ic, ical
oid
ose
tic
ac, iac, al, ar, arty, eal, ic, ical, tic
- pertaining to
oid
- resembling/derived from
ose
- pertaining to/full of
Define the suffix:
-centesis
-desis
-ectomy
-stomy
-lysis
-pexy
-plasty
-orrhaphy
-oscopy
-sect
-tome
-tripsy
-centesis
surgical punture
-desis
binding, fusion
-ectomy
furgical excision
-stomy
form new orpening
-lysis
destruction of
-pexy
fixation of
-plasty
surgical repair
-orrhaphy
suture, stitch
-oscopy
visual exam of
-sect
cut
-tome
instrument to cut
-tripsy
crushing
Define thoracentesis?
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
Define arthrodesis
fusion of joint
Define laryngectomy
surgical removal of the larynx
Define colostomy
form new opening in the colon
Define tracheotomy
to cut into the trachea
Define hemolysis
destruction of blood
Define cystopexy
fixation of the bladder
Define rhinoplasty
surgical repair of the nose
Define hemiorrhaphy
to suture a hernia
Define gastroscopy
visual exam of the stomach
Define resection
to cut and remove
Define osteotome
instrument to cut bone
Define neurotripsy
to crush a nerve
What is to tie/to apply a ligature
ligate
What is a thread or wire used to constrict or fasten a structure?
ligature
What is the application of a ligature
ligation
What is a surgical or natural communication between two hollow vessels?
anastomosis
What is drawing in or out as by suction?
aspiration
What is surgical incision of any commissure?
commissurotomy
What is visual examination of living tissue?
biopsy
What is the cutting of parts for purpose of separation and studying of same?
dissection
What is tissue that is transplanted or implanted
graft
What is introduction of a tube (cannula) through a passageway?
cannulation
What is burning of tissue with caustic, an electrical current, a hot iron, or by freezing
cauterization
What is removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue?
debridement
What is expansion of an orifice (opening)?
dilation
What is scraping of cavity using a sharp instrument (curet)?
curettage
What is removal of an entire mass or part without rupture?
enucleation
What is insertion of a tube into a hollow organ?
intubation
What is stitching of folds or tucks in an organ’s walls to reduce its size?
plication
What is to diverse, passage to divert flow from one route to another?
shunt
What is to unite by stitching
suture
What is cutting off all or part of the upper or lower extremities?
detachment
What is physical eradication of all or portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent?
destruction
What is pulling or stripping out of all or portion of a body part by the use of force?
extraction
What is taking or letting fluids and/or gases from a body part
drainage
What is taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part?
extirpation
What is breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces?
fragmentation
What is putting in or on all or a portion of a living body part taken from another individual or animal to physically take the place and/or function of all or a portion of a similar body part?
transplantation
What is putting back in or on all or portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location?
reattachment
What is moving without taken out, all or portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or portion of a body part?
transfer
What is moving to its normal location or other suitable all or a portion of a body part?
reposition
What is partially closing an orifice or the lumen of tubular body part?
restriction
What is completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a body part?
occlusion
What is expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part?
dilation
What is altering the route of passage of the content of the tubular body part?
bypass
What is putting in a non-biological device that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part?
insertion
What is taking out or off a device from a body part?
removal
What is taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane?
change
What is putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or portion of a body part?
replacement
What is putting in or on biologic or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function a portion of a body part?
supplement
What is visually and/or manually exploring a body part?
inspection
What is locating the route of passage of electrical impulses and/or functional areas in a body part?
map
What is restoring to the extent possible, a body part to it normal anatomic structure and function?
repair
What is stopping, or attempting to stop postprocedual bleeding?
control
What is cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gases the body part in order to separate or transect a body part?
division
What is freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by use of force?
release
What is joining together portions is an articular body part rendering the articular body part immobile?
fusion
What is modifying the natural anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part?
alteration
What is making a new genital structure that does not physically take the place of a body part?
creating
