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LeAnn Spitzer
Medical Terminology
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07/07/2016
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Term
gastristis (gastr)
 Definition
stomach
Term
-itis (inflmmation)
 Definition
inflammation of the stomach
Term
hematemesis (hemat)
 Definition
blood-vomiting
Term
-emesis (vomiting)
 Definition
vomiting of blood
Term
arthritis (arthr)
 Definition
Joint
Term
-itis (Infmmation)
 Definition
Inflammation of the joint
Term
gastrodynia (gastr/o)
 Definition
Stomach
Term
-dynia (Pain)
 Definition
Pain in the stomach
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hematology (hemat/o)
 Definition
blood
Term
-ology (the study of)
 Definition
to study, Study of blood
Term
arthrocentesis (arthr/o)
 Definition
joint
Term
-cebtesis (surgical pucture)
 Definition
surgical procedure of the joint
Term
gastroenteritis (gastr/o)
 Definition
stomach and intestine
Term
-itis (inflammation)
 Definition
inflammation of the stomach and intestine
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osteoarthritis (oste/o)
 Definition
bone or joint
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflmmation of the bone or joint
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encephalomeningitis (encephael/o)
 Definition
brain and meninges
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation of the brain and meninges
Term
anthrocentisis (arthr/o)
 Definition
surgical procedure
Term
-centesis
 Definition
pucture of a joint space with a needle and the withdrawel of fluid.
Term
arthrodesis (arth/o)
 Definition
binding/fixation or a bone or joint
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-desis
 Definition
fuses bones across the joint space in a degenerated, unstable joint
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appendectomy (append)
 Definition
excision/removal
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-ectomy
 Definition
removal of the appendix
Term
thromboysis (thromb/o)
 Definition
destruction of a blood clot
Term
-lysis
 Definition
seperation, lessoning, destructing
Term
mastopexy (mast/o)
 Definition
fixation of the breasts
Term
-pexy
 Definition
fixaction (of a organ)
Term
rhinoplasty (rhin/o)
 Definition
surgical repair of the nose
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
myorrhapyhy (my/o)
 Definition
suture of a muscle
Term
rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
Term
tracheostronomy (trache/o)
 Definition
forming an opening into the trachea
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-stomy
 Definition
forming an opening (mouth)
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osteotome (oste/o)
 Definition
instrument to cut bone
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-tome (bone)
 Definition
instrument to cut
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lithotripsy (lith/o)
 Definition
crushing a stone
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-tripsy
 Definition
crushing
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