Medical Terminology Flashcards

Surgical Procedures and Related Terms

• Centisis: Refers to a surgical puncture to remove fluid or tissue.
• Clasis: Involves breaking or surgically fracturing a bone or tissue.
• Desis: Indicates binding or fixation, commonly referring to joints or bones.
• Ectomy: Describes excision or removal of a part of the body.
• Lysis: Pertains to the separation, destruction, or loosening of tissue or cells.
• Pexy: Involves fixation of an organ, stabilizing it in place.
• Plasty: Refers to surgical repair or reconstruction of body structures.
• Rrhaphy: Indicates the act of suturing or stitching tissues together.
• Stomy: Describes the formation of an opening between a body cavity and the outside.
• Tome: A surgical instrument used to cut tissues.

Diagnostic and Procedural Terms

• Tripsy: Refers to the crushing of tissue or stone often in a medical context.
• Tomy: Indicates incising or making an incision in tissues.
• Gram: A recording or writing, typically related to diagnostic imaging or tests.
• Scope: An instrument used for examining internal body parts or cavities.
• Scopy: The process of visual examination using a scope.

Conditions and Characteristics

• Genesis: Pertains to the process of forming, producing, or the origin of a condition.
• Itis: Indicates inflammation, commonly used in naming diseases (e.g., arthritis).
• Lith: Refers to a stone or calculus, often associated with conditions like kidney stones.
• Malacia: Describes the softening of tissues, often indicating pathology.
• Megaly: Refers to enlargement of organs or tissues, suggesting possible disease states.
• Oma: A term for tumor, can denote benign or malignant growths.
• Osis: Indicates an abnormal condition, often used in pathology (e.g., fibrosis).
• Plasia: Refers to formation or growth of tissues or cells.
• Plegia: Indicates paralysis, often as a result of injury or disease.
• Rrhea: Describes discharge or flow, commonly used in terms like diarrhea.
• Rrhexis: Refers to rupture, often of tissues or organs, indicating severe injury.
• Spasm: Describes involuntary contraction or twitching of muscles.
• Stenosis: Refers to narrowing or stricture of a body passage or vessel.
• Toxic: Pertaining to poison, significant in medical diagnostics and treatments.
• Trophy: Refers to nourishment or development, indicating health or growth status.

Test your knowledge of essential medical terminology with these flashcards. Each card presents a medical term along with its definition, helping you to understand and memorize important concepts in the field of medicine. Perfect for students or anyone looking to strengthen their medical vocabulary.