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67 Cards in this Set
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-within
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-scope
-scopy |
-to view
-process or procedure of viewing |
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lapar/o?
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-abdominal cavity or wall
-laparoscopy |
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What is a craniotome?
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-instrument used to cut skull bones
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thorac/o?
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-chest
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What is a procedure to make an opening in the windpipe?
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-tracheostomy
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-stomy?
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-to create an opening
(stoma means mouth in Latin) |
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-centesis?
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-specific kind of surgical incision to remove fluid
-thoracocentesis |
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-tripsy?
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-to crush
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lith/o?
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-stone or calculus
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What is the procedure to noninvasively crushing stones in the body?
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-extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
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thromb/o?
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-clot
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hemat/o?
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-blood
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-rrhaphy
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-to suture, to close an opening using surgical stitches
-herniorrhaphy |
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What is a hernia?
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-a protrusion of a portion of an organ through an abnormal opening in the muscle wall of the surrounding cavity
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-pexy?
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-to anchor
-to secure in place -hysteropexy |
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What is a prolapse?
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-a condition of sinking or falling down
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-plasty?
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-to repair
-pyloroplasty -bepharoplasty |
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pylor/o?
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-pylorus (opening from stomach)
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blephar/o?
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-eyelid
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-ectomy
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-to excise or remove surgically
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append/o, appenic/o?
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-appendix
-appendectomy |
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mamm/o, mast/o?
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-breast
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What is mammoplasty?
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-repairing of the breast
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What is a mastectomy?
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-removal of entire breast
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What is securing a kidney in place called?
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-nephropexy
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What is the excision of a kidney called?
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-nephrectomy
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aden/o?
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-gland
-adenectomy |
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tonsill/o?
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-tonsil or tonsils
-tonsillectomy |
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chir/o?
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-hand
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col/o, colon/o
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-large intestine
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What is a colectomy?
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-surgical removal of the colon or portion or the colon
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What is a colostomy?
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-creation of an artificial opening from the colon to the outside of the body
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What is a plypectomy?
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-removal of polyps found in the colon
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vas/o?
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-vessel AND/OR the ductus deferens (vas deferens)
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angi/o?
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-vessel
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encephal/o?
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-brain
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cerebr/o?
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-brain, often the cerebrum
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-algia
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-pain
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-dynia
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-pain
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my/o?
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-muscle
-myalgia |
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arthralgia?
Ophthalmodynia? Gastralgia/gastrodynia? |
-pain in the joints
-eye pain -stomach pain |
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-ectasia, ectasis?
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-dilation AKA dilatation
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-stasis?
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-stopping or controlling
-hemostasis (like with a tourniquet) |
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-penia
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-deficiency or lack of
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-malacia
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-soft or softening of
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-edema?
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-swelling
-myxedema(waxy swelling of the hands, face, and feet) |
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-emesis?
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-vomit
-hematemesis (blood in vomit) |
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-megaly
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enlargement
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hepat/o?
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-liver
-hepatomegaly |
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-oid?
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-like or resembling
-dermoid |
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-rrhexis?
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-rupture
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-rrhea
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-discharge
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-rrhagia (-rrhage)?
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-excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
-Menorrhagia is excessive menstral flow |
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gastrorrhexis?
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-rupture of the stomach
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acromegaly?
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-enlargement of the extremities due to a condition of thr pituitary gland
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-graphy
-graph |
process of making a diagnostic image, graph or tracing
-electroencephalography *equipment used to produce image or tracing |
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-gram
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-tracing patterns?
-EEG |
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son/o (ech/o)?
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-sound
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ultra-?
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-beyond or excess
-ultrasound (beyond the range of the human ear) |
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What is a sonogram?
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-image made using sound
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fluor/o?
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-luminous or emitting light
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tom/o?
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to cut
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MRI?
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magnetic resonance imaging
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sx?
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Symptoms
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dx?
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diagnosis
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WNL?
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Within normal limits
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