Surgical Procedures
Colors
U or V words
Organs
Prefixes
100

-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out

100

melan/o

black, dark

100

ven/o

vein

100

hepat/o

liver

100

a-, an-

without, away from, negative, not

200

-plasty

surgical repair

200

erythr/o

red

200

ureter/o

ureter

200
nephr/o

kidney

200

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

300

-otomy

cutting, surgical incision

300

leuk/o

white

300

urethr/o

urethra
300

pulm/o, pulmon/o

lung

300

peri-

surrounding, around

400

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

400

albin/o

white

400

spondyl/o

vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone

400

encephal/o

brain

400

hemi-

half

500

-ostomy

surgical creation of an opening to the body surface

500

cyan/o

blue

500

metr/o, metri/o

uterus

500

aden/o

gland
500

macro-

large, abnormal size, long

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