The flashcards below were created by user
rajvirnahal
on FreezingBlue Flashcards.
-
-
amni/o
amnion ( sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
-
angi/o
vessel( usually blood vessel)
-
-
arther/o
plaque ( yellow, fatty material)
-
-
axill/o
armpit (underarm)
-
-
-
carcin/o
cancerous , cancer
-
-
chem/0
drug; also chemical
-
-
-
chron/o
colon ( large intestine)
-
-
-
cyst/o
urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst
-
-
-
-
esophag/o
esophagus - tube leading from the throat to the stomach
-
-
-
-
-
inguin/o
groin ( area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
-
-
lapar/o
abdomen ( abdominal wall)
-
laryng/o
voice box (larynx)
-
-
-
-
men/o
menses ( menstruatoin ) ; mouth
-
mening/o
meninges ( membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
-
-
myel/o
spinal cord ( nervous tissue connected to the brain)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
salping/o
fallopian ( uterine) tube
-
-
septic/o
pertaining to infection
-
-
-
trache/o
windpipe; trachea
-
ur/o
urine or urea ( waste material ) ; urinary tract
-
-
what are the two groups suffixes are divided into?
those that describe diagnoses and those that describe procedures
-
-algia
condition of pain, pain
-
-
-
-
-
-
-osis
condition, abnormal condition
-
-
-
-rrhage
excessive discharge of blood
-
- rrhagia
excessive discharge of blood
-
-
-
-al or -eal
pertaining to
-
-
-
-
-centesis
surgical puncture ti remove fluid
-
-ectomy
removal, resection, excision
-
T & A
- removal of the tonsils and adenoids
- Tonsillectomy & adenoidectomy
-
-
-graphy
process of recording
-
-lysis
separation, breakdown, destruction
-
hemodialysis
is the removal of blood for passage through a kidney machine to filter out waste materals such as urea
takes urea right out of blood
-
peritoneal dialysis
- catheter
- put special fluid into the peritoneum through a tube in the abdomen
-
-plasty
surgical repair; or surgical correction
-
-scopy
process of visual examination
-
-stomy
opening
permanent or semipermanent opening
-
-
-tomy
incision, cutting into
temporary
|
|