Instruments, Surgical and Diagnostic Procedures

Question 1

centesis

Answer 1

surgical puncture - amniocentesis

Question 2

clasis

Answer 2

crushing or breaking up - osteoclasis

Question 3

desis

Answer 3

binding or surgical fusion - arthrodesis

Question 4

ectomy

Answer 4

surgical removal - appendectomy

Question 5

gram

Answer 5

record or picture - electrocardiogram

Question 6

graph

Answer 6

an instrument used to record - electrocardiograph

Question 7

graphy

Answer 7

process of recording - electrocardiography

Question 8

ize

Answer 8

to make, to treat or combine with - enesthetize

Question 9

lysis

Answer 9

destruction or detachment - dialysis

Question 10

meter

Answer 10

an instrument used to measure - pelvimeter

Question 11

metry

Answer 11

the process of measuring - pelvimetry

Question 12

opsy

Answer 12

process of viewing - biopsy

Question 13

pexy

Answer 13

surgical fixation - colpopexy

Question 14

plasty

Answer 14

surgical repair - rhinoplasty

Question 15

rrhaphy

Answer 15

suturing - nephrorrhaphy

Question 16

scope

Answer 16

an instrument used to view - ophthalmoscope

Question 17

scopy

Answer 17

the process of viewing with a scope - ophthalmoscopy

Question 18

stomy

Answer 18

the surgical creation of a new opening - colostomy

Question 19

tomy

Answer 19

incision into - phlebotomy

Question 20

tripsy

Answer 20

intentional crushing - lithotripsy