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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology flashcards
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Undergraduate 1
01/24/2006

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psych
Definition
psychology
Term
lith
Definition
stone
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caud
Definition
caudal (tail)
Term
or
Definition
oral
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-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture to asperate or remove fluid
Term
-ectomty
Definition
excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
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-lysis
Definition
process of loosening, freeing or destroying
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-pexy
Definition
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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rraphy
Definition
suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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-scopy
Definition
formation of an opening
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-tome
Definition
an instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
Definition
incision (cutting into tissue)
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-tripsy
Definition
surgical crushing
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aden/o
Definition
gland

Adenoids were so named because they resembled or were thought to be glands
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angi/o
Definition
vessel

An angiogram is an x-ray film of blood vessels filled with a constrast medium.
Term
append/o

appendic/o
Definition
appendix

Anappendectomy is excision of the appendix.
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blephar/o
Definition
eyelid

Blepharoptosis is the drooping of the upper eyelid.
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cardi/o
Definition
heart

A cardiac arrest is a heart attack.
Term
cerebr/o
encenphat/o
Definition
brain

(cerebr/r sometimes means cerebrum, the main portion of the brain.)
Cerebral palsy is paralysis caused by a brain defect. Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain.
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chir/o
Definition
hand

Writer's cramp is a type of chirospasm.
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