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ankyl/o
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bent, crooked, stiff, fused, fixed, closed
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aort/o
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aorta
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colp/o
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vagina
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cry/o
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cold
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cutane/o
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skin
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dors/i, dors/o
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back, back portion, toward the back
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episi/o
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vulva
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fasci/o
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fascia
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hepat/o
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liver
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herni/o
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hernia, rupture, protrusion of a part of structure through the tissues containing it
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hits/o, histi/o
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tissue, especially connective tissue
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hyster/o
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utuerus, womb
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ile/o
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ileum, groin, longest portion of the small intestine
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ili/o
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ilium, the broad portion of the hip bone
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inguin/o
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goin
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lapar/o
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loins (less properly, the abdomen in general)
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lith/o
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stone, calculus, calcification
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mes/o
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1. middle, mean, intermediacy
2. mesentery or mesentery-like structure |
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necr/o
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death, necrosis
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oment/o
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omentum
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omphal/o
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the umbilicus, the navel
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oophor/o
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ovary
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orchid/o, orchi/o
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testes
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osse/o
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bone, bony
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pancre/o, pancreat/o, pancreatic/o
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pancreas
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pertione/o
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peritoneum
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steat/o
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fat
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treache/o
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trachea
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vesic/o, vesicul/o
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vesica, vesicle (L. bladder)
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viscer/o
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the viscera (L. internal organs)
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acromi/o - clavicul/o - ar
acromioclavicular |
acromion - clavicle - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the acromion and the clavicle; denoting the articulation and ligaments between the clavicle and the acromion of the scapula |
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aden/o - my/o - oma
adenomyoma |
gland, glandular - muscle - tumor, neoplasm
a benign neoplasm of muscle (usually smooth muslce) with glandular elements; occurs most frequently in uterus and uterine ligaments |
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a - febrile
afebrile |
without - fever
without fever, denoting apyrexia; having a normal body temperature |
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amni/o - centesis
amniocentesis |
amnion (amniotic sac) - puncture
transabdominal aspiration of fluid from the amniotic sac |
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angi/o - neur/o - ectomy
angioneurectomy |
vessel - nerve - excision, removal
excision of the vessels and nerves of a part |
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appendic/o - al
appediceal |
appendix - pertaining to, relating to
relating to an appendix |
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celi/o - tomy
celiotomy |
abdomen - inicision, operation with cutting
transabdominal incision into the peritoneal cavity |
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chol/e - cyst
cholecyst |
bile - bladder, cyst, cystic duct
a pear-shaped receptacle on the inferior surface of the liver, in a hollow between the right lobe and the quadrate lobe; it serves as a storage reservoir for bile |
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chol/e - cyst/o - itis
cholecystitis |
bile - bladder, cyst, cystic duct - inflammation
inflammation of the gallbladder |
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colp - ectomy
colpectomy |
vagina - removal of anatomical structure
exicision of the vagina or a segment thereof |
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colp/o - cyst/o - ureter/o - tomy
colpocystoureterotomy |
vagina - bladder - ureter - incision, a cutting operation
incision into the ureter by way of the vagina and the bladder |
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core/o - plasty
coreoplasty |
pupil - forming, plastic repair
the procedure to correct a misshapen, miotic, or occluded pupil |
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cry/o - scope
cryoscope |
cold - instrument for viewing
an instrument for measuring the freezing point |
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cyst/o - pan - end/o - scopy
cystopanendoscopy |
bladder - all, entire - within, inner - use of a viewing instrument
inspection of the interior of the bladder and urethra by means of specially designed endoscopes introduced in retrograde fashion through the urethra and into the bladder |
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disc - ectomy
discetomy |
disk, disk-shaped - removal of an anatomic structure
excision, in part or whole, of an invertebral disk |
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epi- gastr/o - ium
epigastrium |
upon, following, subsequent to - stomach, abdomen - structure, tissue
the region of the abdomen located between the costal margins and the subcostal plane |
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episi/o - tomy
episiotomy |
vulva - incision, a cutting operation
surgical incision of the vulva to prevent laceration at the time of delivery or to faciliate vaginal surgery |
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esophag/o - gastr/o - duoden/o - scopy
esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
esophageal - stomach, abdomen - duodenum - use of a viewing instrument
endoscopic examination of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, susually performed using a fiberoptic instrument |
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gastr/o - enter/o - col/o - itis
gastroenterocolitis |
stomach, abdomen - intestine, colon - inflammation
inflammatory disease involving the stomach and intestines |
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gastr/o - pexy
gastropexy |
stomach - surgical fixation
attachment of the stomach ot the abdominal wall or diaphragm |
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hyp/o - derm/o - clysis
hypodermoclysis |
under, less than - skin - infusion of fluid, injection, enema
subuctaneous injection of saline or other solution |
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iatr/o - gen/o - ic
iatrogenic |
physicians, medicine, treatment - being born - pertaining to, relating to
denoting response to medical or surgical treatment, induced by the treatment itself; usually used for unfavorable responses |
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ile/o - sigmoid/o - ostomy
ileosigmoidostomy |
ilium - s-shaped, sigmoid colon - an opening (surgical or artificial)
anastomosis between the ileum and the rectum |
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kerat/o - plasty
keratoplasty |
cornea - forming, plastic repair
any surgical modification of the cornea; the removal of a portion of the cornea containing an opacity and the insertion in its place of a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere |
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lith/o - tripsy
lithotripsy |
stone - rubbing, crushing
the crushing of a stone in the renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder, by mechanical force or focused sound energy |
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my/o - rrhaphy
myorrhaphy |
muscle - surgical suturing
suture of a muscle |
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myring/o - tomy
myringotomy |
tympanic membrane, eardrum - incsion, operating with cutting
incision of the tympanic membrane |
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oophor/o - slaping/o - ectomy
oophorosalpingectomy |
ovary - uterine tube - removal of an anatomical structure
operative removal of an ovary and teh corresponding oviduct |
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orchi/o - plasty
orchioplasty |
testes - forming, plastic repair
surgical reconstruction of the testis |
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proct/o - logy
proctology |
anus and rectum - study of
surgical specialty concerned with the anus and rectum and their diseases |
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salping/o - oophor/o - ectomy
salpingo-oophorectomy |
tube - ovary - removal of anatomic structure
removal of the ovary and its fallopian tube |
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ten/o - synov/o - ectomy
tenosynovectomy |
tendon - synovium - removal of
excision of a tendon sheath |
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thorac/o - tomy
thoracotomy |
chest - incision, a cutting operation
incision through the chest wall into the pleural space |
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vag/o - lysis
vagolysis |
vagus nerve - to loosen
surgical destruction of the vagus nerve |