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Medical Terminology Basics Part 4

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This deck covers essential medical terminology suffixes, prefixes, and procedures, focusing on their meanings and applications.

-clasis

break apart
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
-clasis
break apart
-clast
break apart
osteoclasis
surgical procedure in which a bone is artificially fractured or broken apart to correct deformity
-desis
surgical fixation or fusion
arthrodesis
procedure that involves the surgical fixation or fusion of two or more joints using either bone grafts or metal rods
-metry
measurement, process of measuring

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TermDefinition
-clasis
break apart
-clast
break apart
osteoclasis
surgical procedure in which a bone is artificially fractured or broken apart to correct deformity
-desis
surgical fixation or fusion
arthrodesis
procedure that involves the surgical fixation or fusion of two or more joints using either bone grafts or metal rods
-metry
measurement, process of measuring
urinometry
the measurement or process of measuring the specific gravity of urine
-pexy
surgical fixation/suspension
mastopexy
a surgical fixation or lifting of the breasts
-phylaxis
protection
prophylaxis
protective treatment to prevent disease
-rrhaphy
suturing
angiorraphy
the suturing of a blood vessel
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
gastrostomy
the surgical creation of an opening in the stomach
-tome
a cutting instrument
-tomy
incision
craniotome
cutting instrument used during a craniotomy
-tripsy
surgical crushing
lithotripsy
to crush unwanted stones that may form in the gallbladder
-ion
process
ovulation
the process of ovulating
intra-
within
hyer-
excessive, abnormally high, or above
con-
with, together, or jointly
contra-
counter or against
meta-
after or change
ambi-
both
bi-
two
di-
double
dipl-
double
hemi-
half
mono-
one
multi-
many, more than once, or numerous
nulli-
none
pan-
all
poly-
excessive
tetra-
four
semi-
half or partial
tri-
three
uni-
one
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ana-
up, toward
tom/o
to cut
-y
process of
ante-
to come before
dia-
through
-lysis
to loosen or dissolve
dis-
apart or away