Combining Forms
Pathology
surgical procedures
Suffixes
Hodge Podge
100
The combining for oste/o refers to ?
What is the bone
100
What term means abnormal softening of cartilage?
What is chondromalacia
100
What term is the surgical repair or replacement of a joint?
What is athroplasty
100
What suffix means to bind or tie together?
What is -desis
100
What prefix means over, above, increased?
What is hypo-
200
The combining form nephr/o refers to?
What is the kidney
200
What term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?
What is cardiomegaly
200
What procedure is the surgical removal of a bone?
What is ostectomy
200
What suffix refers to tissue death
What is -necrosis
200
What term means pain in the stomach?
What is gastralgia
300
The combining form for the small intestine?
What is enter/o
300
What term means inflammation of a vein?
What is phlebitis
300
What procedure is the surgical repair of a heart valve?
What is valvuloplasty
300
What suffix means to rupture
What is -rrhexis
300
What term means inflammation of the gallbladder?
What is cholecystitis
400
The combining form gastr/o refers to?
What is the stomach
400
What term means excessive flow of gastric juices?
What is gastrorrhea
400
What procedure is the surgical removal of the stomach?
What is gastrectomy
400
What term refers to suture or stitch?
What is -rrhaphy
400
What term means abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel?
What is angiostenosis
500
What combining form means fungus ?
What is myc/o
500
What term means the loss or absence of mobility in a joint?
What is ankylosis
500
What procedure is the creation of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body?
What is colostomy
500
What suffix means pain?
What is -dynia
500
What term means the rupture or tearing of muscle tissue?
What is myorrhexis
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