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Medical Terminology
19 Surgical procedures
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Graduate
09/16/2011

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Term
centesis
Definition

surgical puncture-to remove fluid 

 

abdomino/centesis-belly/fluid removed by surgical puncture

Term
ec/tom/y
Definition

out/cut/procedure or removal

ex/cis/ion-to cut out

hyster/ectomy-uterus/removal or womb/out/cut/procedure 

Term
o/pex/y
Definition

to fixtate, positon or attach

 

salpingo/pex/y-tube/repositioned or attached/ by procedure 

Term
o/plast/y
Definition

plastic surgery-to improve funciton, looks or relieve pain

 

rhino/plast/y (nose repair

Term
o/rrhaph/y
Definition

surgically to suture or repair

 

nephro/rrhaphy-kidney suture

Term
os/tomy/y
Definition

new permanent opening of mouth

col/ostom/y- colon/opening

Term
o/tom/y
Definition

cutting into, to open, make incision

 

tracheo/tom/y-windpipe/cut into

Term
o/trispy
Definition

crushing or destroying

 

litho/trispy-stone crushing

Term
o/desis
Definition

binding or stablization

 

artho/desis-joint binding 

Term
clasis
Definition

to break down

 

osteo/clasis-bone refracturing

Term
lysis
Definition

to loosen(free from adhesion) or destry

 

entero/lysis-intestines/destroyed

Term
cis
Definition

to cut

 

circm/cis/ion-to cut around

Term
cid
Definition

to kill

 

germi/cid/al-bacteria/kill

Term
stasis
Definition

to stop or control

 

hemo/statis-blood controlling stoppage

Term
sis
Definition

medical condition or disease

 

necro/o/sis-death or dying/condition or state

Term
age
Definition

something is related to

 

mass/age-kneading/relates to

tri/age-3 sorting

Term
iatr/y
Definition

to treat, to heal or cure

 

psych/iatr/y-mind treat or cure

Term
therap/y
Definition

to treat or cure

 

chomo/therap/y-chemical treatment

Term
sect/ion
Definition

to cut or make several slices of a body part

hepto/sec/tion-liver several cuts

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