HPHY 211: Word List 1 (With complete solution)

Arthr/o/centesis correct answers Entry into a joint space with a needle to remove fluid Oste/o/clasis correct answers Surgical breaking or fracture of a bone to correct a deformity Arthr/o/desis correct answers Binding or fixation of a joint Append/ectomy correct answers Excision or removal of the appendix Thromb/o/lysis correct answers Separation, destruction, or loosening of a blood clot Mast/o/plasty correct answers Surgical fixation of the breast Rhin/o/plasty correct answers surgical repair of the nose (to change shape or size) My/o/rrhaphy correct answers suture of a muscle trache/o/stomy correct answers forming an opening into the trachea oste/o/tome correct answers instrument to cut bone trache/o/tomy correct answers incision of the trachea lith/o/tripsy correct answers crushing a stone or calculus electr/o/cardi/o/gram correct answers record of the electrical activity of the heart cardi/o/graph correct answers instrument for recording electrical activity of the heart angi/o/graphy correct answers process of recording the image of blood vessels pelv/i/meter correct answers instrument for measuring the pelvis pelv/i/metry correct answers act of measuring the pelvis endo/scope correct answers instrument for examining within (instrument for examining inside a hollow organ or cavity) endo/scopy correct answers visual examination of a cavity or canal using a specialized lighted instrument called an endoscope neur/algia correct answers pain in a nerve; pain along the path of a nerve ot/o/dynia correct answers pain in the ear