Surgical Word Elements Flashcards
1
Q
tom/o
A
cut, a section
2
Q
stom/o
A
a mouth, an opening
3
Q
stomat/o
A
a mouth, an opening
4
Q
pex/o
A
fixation, binding
5
Q
-pexis
A
fixation, binding
6
Q
rhaph/o
A
seam, suture
7
Q
rhaphid/o
A
needle, needle-like
8
Q
clast/o
A
broken, breaking
9
Q
-clast
A
a breaker of things
10
Q
-clasis
A
a breaking of something
11
Q
-clasia
A
a breaking of something
12
Q
scop/o
A
to view
13
Q
sect/o
A
cut, a section
14
Q
sec/o
A
cut, a section
15
Q
cis/o
A
kill, cut
16
Q
-cide
A
kill, cut
17
Q
trips/o
A
crushing, grinding
18
Q
tript/o
A
crushing, grinding
19
Q
trepan/o
A
borer, drilling
20
Q
trephin/o
A
borer, drilling
21
Q
trypan/o
A
borer; a genus of parasitic protozoa called trypanosomes
