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Career Step Surgery Language Workshop
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04/26/2014

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Term
General Surgery
Definition
Specific to a specialty.
Term
surgery in general
Definition
the hodgepodge of the operating room.
Term
surgery
Definition
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures.
Term
Plastic Surgery
Definition
is a branch of medicine that deals with surgical reconstruction.
Term
acr/o
Definition
extremities - acromegaly
Term
adip/o
Definition
fat - adipose
Term
aer/o
Definition
air - aeration
Term
angi/o
Definition
vessel - angiogram
Term
ankyl/o
Definition
crooked or fused - ankylosing
Term
bucc/o
Definition
cheek - buccal
Term
caud/o
Definition
tail - caudate
Term
cephal/o
Definition
head - cephalad
Term
chondr/o
Definition
cartilage - chondromalacia
Term
colp/o
Definition
hollow/vagina - colporrhaphy
Term
cost/o
Definition
rib - costovertebral
Term
cry/o
Definition
cold - cryogenic
Term
crypt/o
Definition
hide, conceal - cryptorchism
Term
cyan/o
Definition
blue - cyanotic
Term
dist/o
Definition
far/distant from origin - distally
Term
dors/o
Definition
toward back/on the back - dorsolateral
Term
enter/o
Definition
intestine - enterocolitis
Term
hist/o
Definition
tissue - histoplasmosis
Term
lapar/o
Definition
flank/abdominal wall - laparotomy
Term
myel/o
Definition
marrow/spinal cord - myeloma
Term
ne/o
Definition
new - neoblastic
Term
necr/o
Definition
dead/corpse - necrosis
Term
odyn/o
Definition
pain/distress - odynophagia
Term
pneum/o
Definition
air/breathing/lung - pneumoperitoneum
Term
proxim/o
Definition
nearest point of origin - proximal
Term
py/o
Definition
pus - pyoid
Term
scoli/o
Definition
twisted or crooked - scoliosis
Term
spondyl/o
Definition
vertebra - spondylosis
Term
thromb/o
Definition
clot - thrombosis
Term
bio-
Definition
life - biohazard
Term
circum-
Definition
around, circular - circumferential
Term
cry-
Definition
cold - cryotherapy
Term
de-
Definition
down from, removing - decomposition
Term
dia-
Definition
through, between, across - diaphragm
Term
ecto-/ex-/exo-
Definition
outside, without, away - exophytic
Term
eu-
Definition
good, normal - euthymic
Term
lith-
Definition
stone - lithotripsy
Term
meso-
Definition
middle, moderate - mesothelial
Term
nulli-
Definition
none - nulliparous
Term
primi-
Definition
first - primigravida
Term
retro-
Definition
behind, backward - retrofit
Term
sub-
Definition
beneath, below - subtalar
Term
syn-/sym-
Definition
together, union - symphysis
Term
trans-
Definition
across, through - transurethral
Term
-centesis
Definition
puncture to withdraw fluid - thoracentesis
Term
-clasis
Definition
break, breaking - osteoclasis
Term
-desis
Definition
binding, stabilizing, fixation - pleurodesis
Term
-ectomy
Definition
excision or removal - tonsillectomy
Term
-esthesia
Definition
perception, sensitivity - paresthesia
Term
-lysis
Definition
loosening, freeing - adhesiolysis
Term
-meter
Definition
instrument to measure - glucometer
Term
-metry
Definition
process of measuring - spirometry
Term
-oid
Definition
resembling - ovoid
Term
-oma
Definition
tumor - lipoma
Term
-opsy
Definition
excision or removal of - biopsy
Term
-pexy
Definition
fixation, surgical fixation - retinopexy
Term
-plasty
Definition
surgical repair - abdominoplasty
Term
-ptosis
Definition
to droop or fall - enteroptosis
Term
-rrhaphy
Definition
suture - herniorrhaphy
Term
-rrhexis
Definition
rupture - capsulorrhexis
Term
-stomy
Definition
forming an opening - tracheostomy
Term
-tripsy
Definition
surgical crushing - lithotripsy
Term
AAA
Definition
abdominal aortic aneurysm
Term
AVM
Definition
arteriovenous malformation
Term
BiPAP
Definition
bilevel positive airway pressure
Term
CPAP
Definition
continuous positive airway pressure
Term
CPR
Definition
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Term
DNR
Definition
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
Term
DOB
Definition
date of birth
Term
DT
Definition
delirium tremens
Term
ESWL
Definition
extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy
Term
IMA
Definition
internal mammary artery
Term
IOL
Definition
intraocular lens
Term
KVO
Definition
keep vein open (IV)
Term
LET
Definition
lidocaine, epinephrine, tetracaine
Term
NG
Definition
nasogastric (tube)
Term
NPO
Definition
nothing by mouth (Latin: nil per os)
Term
NS
Definition
normal saline
Term
OR
Definition
operating room
Term
TKO
Definition
to keep open (IV)
Term
TPN
Definition
total parenteral nutrition
Term
ICU
Definition
intensive care unit
Term
BICU
Definition
burn intensive care unit
Term
CCU
Definition
coronary care unit
Term
CICU
Definition
cardiac intensive care unit, coronary intensive care unit
Term
CMICU
Definition
coronary/medical intensive care unit
Term
CSDU
Definition
cardiac step-down unit
Term
CSICU
Definition
cardiac surgery intensive care unit
Term
CVICU
Definition
cardiovascular intensive care unit
Term
ICU
Definition
intensive care unit
Term
MICU
Definition
medical intensive care unit, mobile intensive care unit
Term
NICU
Definition
neonatal intensive care unit
Term
PICU
Definition
pediatric intensive care unit
Term
SCICU
Definition
spinal cord intensive care unit
Term
SCVICU
Definition
surgical cardiovascular intensive care unit
Term
SICU
Definition
surgical intensive care unit
Term
STICU
Definition
surgical trauma intensive care unit
Term
TICU
Definition
trauma intensive care unit
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