Chapter 2

Front 1

Endo

Back 1

Within

Front 2

Ostomy

Back 2

Surgical creation of a new opening

Front 3

Otomy

Back 3

Incision into an organ

Front 4

Plasty

Back 4

Surgical repair

Front 5

rrhaphy

Back 5

Suture

Front 6

Oscopy

Back 6

Visual exam

Front 7

Cise

Back 7

To cut

Front 8

Excision of the colon

Back 8

Col/ectomy

Front 9

Forming an opening into the colon

Back 9

Col/o/stomy

Front 10

Instrument to cut skin

Back 10

Derma/tome

Front 11

Excision of hemorrhoids

Back 11

Hemorrhoid/ectomy

Front 12

Crushing of a stone

Back 12

Lith/o/trispy

Front 13

Surgical repair of the nose

Back 13

Rhin/o/plasty

Front 14

Surgical repair of the typical membrane

Back 14

Tympan/o/plasty

Front 15

D & C

Back 15

Dilation & Curettage

Front 16

BSO

Back 16

Bilateral Salpingoophorectomy

Front 17

CABG

Back 17

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Front 18

Root Word

Back 18

Tells the primary meaning of a word- usually signifies a procedure, disease, or body part.

Front 19

Prefix

Back 19

Comes before the root word

Front 20

Suffix

Back 20

Comes after the root

Front 21

Combing vowel

Back 21

Used to ease the pronunciation of a medical term, usually "o"

Front 22

Hemi

Back 22

Half

Front 23

Gastro

Back 23

Stomach

Front 24

Cardio

Back 24

Heart

Front 25

-ac, -al, -ic, -eal, -ary, -ous

Back 25

Pertaining to

Front 26

Hemic

Back 26

Pertaining to blood

Front 27

Procto

Back 27

Rectum

Front 28

-itis

Back 28

Inflammation

Front 29

Chir

Back 29

Hand

Front 30

-algia

Back 30

Pain

Front 31

-emia

Back 31

Blood

Front 32

-genic

Back 32

Origin (ie: osteogenic - originating in the bones)

Front 33

-megaly

Back 33

Enlarged

Front 34

-necrosis

Back 34

Tissue death

Front 35

-ology

Back 35

Study of

Front 36

-oma

Back 36

Tumor

Front 37

-rrhage

Back 37

Flow

Front 38

-pexy

Back 38

Surgical fixation

Front 39

Adeno

Back 39

Gland

Front 40

Arthro

Back 40

Joint

Front 41

Broncho

Back 41

Bronchus

Front 42

Cerebro

Back 42

Brain

Front 43

Chole

Back 43

Bile

Front 44

Chondro/io

Back 44

Cartilage

Front 45

Costo

Back 45

Rib

Front 46

Gyne

Back 46

Woman

Front 47

Hema or hemta

Back 47

Blood

Front 48

Hepat

Back 48

Liver

Front 49

Colo

Back 49

Colon

Front 50

Cranio

Back 50

Skull

Front 51

Herni

Back 51

Rupture

Front 52

Hyster

Back 52

Uterus

Front 53

Lipo

Back 53

Fat

Front 54

Litho

Back 54

Stone

Front 55

Oopher

Back 55

Ovary

Front 56

A, an-

Back 56

Without

Front 57

Ad-

Back 57

Toward (in direction of)

Front 58

Anti-

Back 58

Without

Front 59

Dis-

Back 59

Apart, away

Front 60

Dys-

Back 60

Painful

Front 61

Hyper-

Back 61

Excessive, above

Front 62

Hypo-

Back 62

Below, deficient

Front 63

Neo-

Back 63

New

Front 64

Pre-

Back 64

Before

Front 65

Sub-

Back 65

Under, beneath

Front 66

Supra-

Back 66

Above

Front 67

Bi-

Back 67

Two/both sides

Front 68

Para-

Back 68

Beside, near

Front 69

Peri-

Back 69

Around

Front 70

Post-

Back 70

After