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Debbie Flashcards

Medical Terminolgy

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Instrument to cut

Ex. microtome - an instrument for cutting sections (as of biological tissues)

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-tome

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Separation; destruction loosening

electrolysis - decomposition

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-lysis

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Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

Arthrodesis - The surgical immobilization of a joint or a joint fusion performed to relieve pain

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-desis

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Crushing - Lithotripsy (kidney stones)

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-tripsy

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Excision, removal - (gastric resection gastrectomy)

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-ectomy

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Suture - gastrorrhaphy

Suture of a perforation of the stomach.

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-rrhaphy

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Surgical puncture - (amniocentesis)

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-centesis

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Fixation (of an organ) - gastropexy - stomach is sutured to the abdominal wall

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-pexy

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To break; surgical fracture - arthroclasia - A forcible breaking up of the adhesions in an ankylosis to allow more mobility in the joint.

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-clasia, -clasis

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Incision - laparotomy - surgical incision of the abdominal wall

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-tomy

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Surgical repair - plastic surgery (osteoplasty)

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-plasty

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Forming an opening (mouth) - permanent opening - colostomy - surgical formation of an artificial anus by connecting the colon to an opening in the abdominal wall

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-stomy

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Rupture - hysterorrhexis - rupture of the uterus

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-rrhexis

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Abnormal condition - leukosis - especially : any of various leukemic diseases

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-osis; (increase; used primarily with blood cells

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Paralysis - paraplegia

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-plegia

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Fear

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phobia

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Softening - osteomalacia - bones can become thin, brittle

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-malacia

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Swelling - excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue

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-edema

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Nourishment, development - nutrition : nurture : growth

dystrophy

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-trophy

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Discharge, flow - diarrhea

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-rrhea

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Pain - neuralgia - pain radiating along the course of one or more nerves

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-algia, -dynia

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Disease - neuropathy - damage, disease, or dysfunction of one or more nerves

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-pathy

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Poison

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-toxic

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Enlargement - hepatomegaly - enlargement of the liver

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-megaly

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Inflammation - arthritis

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-itis

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Dilation, expansion - appendicectasis

Dilatation of the vermiform appendix. the expansion of a hollow or tubular organ

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-ectasis

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Decrease, deficiency - leukopenia - abnormally low number of white blood cells

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-penia

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Vomiting - (a mess)

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-emesis

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Abnormal condition (produce by something specific)
onchocerciasis: infestation with or disease caused by filarial worms
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-iasis

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Stone, calculus - Urolith - a calculus in the urinary tract

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-lith

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Hernia, swelling - varicocele is swelling of one or several of the veins that drain the testicle.

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-cele

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Blood condition - anemia

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-emia

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Tumor - blastoma

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-oma

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Bursting (of) - (hemorrhage)

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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Narrowing, stricture - Spinal stenosis is a condition in which the spaces in your spine become narrow

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-stenosis

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After, behind

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post-

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Without, not

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a-, an-

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Before, in front

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pre-, pro-

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Same

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homo-, homeo-

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Backward, behind

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retro-

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Large

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macro-

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Around

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circum-, peri-

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Three

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tri-

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In-, within

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endo-,intra-

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Double

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dipl-

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Small

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micro-

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Upper, above

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super-

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Excess, beyond

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ultra-

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Through, across - transcutaneous - passing, entering, or made by penetration through the skin

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trans-

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Under, below - (deficient)

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hypo-

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