Instruments, Surgical and Diagnostic Procedures Flashcards
-centesis
surgical puncture (amniocentesis)
-clasis
crushing or breaking up (osteoclasis)
-desis
binding or surgical fusion (arthrodesis)
-ectomy
surgical removal (appendectomy)
-gram
record or picture (electrocardiogram)
-graphy
process of recording (electrocardiography)
-ize
to make; to treat or combine with (anesthetize)
-lysis
destruction or detachment (dialysis)
-meter
an instrument used to measure (pelvimeter)
-metry
the process of measuring (pelvimetry)
-opsy
process of viewing (biopsy)
-pexy
surgical fixation (colpopexy)
-plasty
surgical repair (rhinoplasty)
-rrhaphy
suturing (nephrorrhaphy)
-scope
an instrument used to view (ophthalmoscope)
-stomy
the surgical creation of a new opening (colostomy)
-tomy
incision into (phlebotomy)
-tripsy
intentional crushing (lithotripsy)