Medical Terminology Assignment: Week 2
Name___McKenna Meyers___
Use the suffixes in the list to build surgical words that reflect the meanings below:
-centesis
-clasis
-desis
-ectomy
-lysis
-rrhaphy
-plasty
-tome
-tomy
-tripsy
1.
Puncture of a joint to remove fluid: arthr/o/_
centesis _
2.
Instrument to cut skin: derma/_
tome
_
3.
Process of cutting into bone: oste/o/_
tomy
_
4.
To break or surgically fracture a bone: oste/_o_/_
clasis
_
5.
Incision to remove a stone:
lith/_o_/_
ectomy
_
6.
Surgical repair of the nose: rhin/_o_/_
plasty
_
7.
Suture of a muscle: my/o/_
rrhaphy
_
8.
Repair of tendons: ten/o/_
Iysis
_
9.
Crushing a nerve: neur/o/_
tripsy
_
10.
Fixation or binding of a joint: arthr/_o_/_
desis
_
Use the suffixes in the list to build diagnostic, pathological, and related words that reflect the meanings
below:
-algia
-emia
-genesis
-megaly
-metry
-oma
-pathy
-penia
-spasm
-plegia
1.
Twitching of the eyelid: blephar/__/_
spasm
_
2.
White blood condition: leuk/_
emia
_
3.
Deficiency in red cells: erythr/__/_
penia
_
4.
Measuring the pelvis: pelv/i/_
metry
_
5.
Diseases of muscle (tissue): my/__/_
pathy
_
