Surgical Procedures Flashcards
1
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
2
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-ectomy
A
excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
3
Q
-pexy
A
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
4
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
5
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
6
Q
-scopy
A
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
7
Q
-stomy
A
formation of an opening
8
Q
-tome
A
an instrument used for cutting
9
Q
-tomy
A
incision (cutting into tissue)
10
Q
-tripsy
A
surgical crushing
11
Q
aden/o
A
gland
12
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
13
Q
append/o, appendic/o
A
appendix
14
Q
bi/o
A
life or living
15
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
16
Q
cerebr/o, encephal/o
A
brain
17
Q
chir/o
A
hand
18
Q
col/o
A
colon or large intestine
19
Q
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
A
skin
20
Q
faci/o
A
face
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
mamm/o, mast/o
A
breast
23
Q
muscul/o, my/o
A
muscle
24
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow or spinal cord
25
oste/o
bone
26
pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o,pneumon/o
lungs
27
tonsill/o
tonsil
28
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
29
vas/o
vessel; ductus deferens
30
-algia, -dynia
pain
31
-cele
hernia( protrusion of all or part o an organ through a wall of the cavity that contains it.)
