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Career Step Surgery Language Workshop
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04/26/2014
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Term
General Surgery
 Definition
Specific to a specialty.
Term
surgery in general
 Definition
the hodgepodge of the operating room.
Term
surgery
 Definition
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures.
Term
Plastic Surgery
 Definition
is a branch of medicine that deals with surgical reconstruction.
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremities - acromegaly
Term
adip/o
 Definition
fat - adipose
Term
aer/o
 Definition
air - aeration
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel - angiogram
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ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked or fused - ankylosing
Term
bucc/o
 Definition
cheek - buccal
Term
caud/o
 Definition
tail - caudate
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head - cephalad
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage - chondromalacia
Term
colp/o
 Definition
hollow/vagina - colporrhaphy
Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib - costovertebral
Term
cry/o
 Definition
cold - cryogenic
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hide, conceal - cryptorchism
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue - cyanotic
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dist/o
 Definition
far/distant from origin - distally
Term
dors/o
 Definition
toward back/on the back - dorsolateral
Term
enter/o
 Definition
intestine - enterocolitis
Term
hist/o
 Definition
tissue - histoplasmosis
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
flank/abdominal wall - laparotomy
Term
myel/o
 Definition
marrow/spinal cord - myeloma
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ne/o
 Definition
new - neoblastic
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necr/o
 Definition
dead/corpse - necrosis
Term
odyn/o
 Definition
pain/distress - odynophagia
Term
pneum/o
 Definition
air/breathing/lung - pneumoperitoneum
Term
proxim/o
 Definition
nearest point of origin - proximal
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus - pyoid
Term
scoli/o
 Definition
twisted or crooked - scoliosis
Term
spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebra - spondylosis
Term
thromb/o
 Definition
clot - thrombosis
Term
bio-
 Definition
life - biohazard
Term
circum-
 Definition
around, circular - circumferential
Term
cry-
 Definition
cold - cryotherapy
Term
de-
 Definition
down from, removing - decomposition
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, between, across - diaphragm
Term
ecto-/ex-/exo-
 Definition
outside, without, away - exophytic
Term
eu-
 Definition
good, normal - euthymic
Term
lith-
 Definition
stone - lithotripsy
Term
meso-
 Definition
middle, moderate - mesothelial
Term
nulli-
 Definition
none - nulliparous
Term
primi-
 Definition
first - primigravida
Term
retro-
 Definition
behind, backward - retrofit
Term
sub-
 Definition
beneath, below - subtalar
Term
syn-/sym-
 Definition
together, union - symphysis
Term
trans-
 Definition
across, through - transurethral
Term
-centesis
 Definition
puncture to withdraw fluid - thoracentesis
Term
-clasis
 Definition
break, breaking - osteoclasis
Term
-desis
 Definition
binding, stabilizing, fixation - pleurodesis
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision or removal - tonsillectomy
Term
-esthesia
 Definition
perception, sensitivity - paresthesia
Term
-lysis
 Definition
loosening, freeing - adhesiolysis
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument to measure - glucometer
Term
-metry
 Definition
process of measuring - spirometry
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling - ovoid
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor - lipoma
Term
-opsy
 Definition
excision or removal of - biopsy
Term
-pexy
 Definition
fixation, surgical fixation - retinopexy
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair - abdominoplasty
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
to droop or fall - enteroptosis
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture - herniorrhaphy
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture - capsulorrhexis
Term
-stomy
 Definition
forming an opening - tracheostomy
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing - lithotripsy
Term
AAA
 Definition
abdominal aortic aneurysm
Term
AVM
 Definition
arteriovenous malformation
Term
BiPAP
 Definition
bilevel positive airway pressure
Term
CPAP
 Definition
continuous positive airway pressure
Term
CPR
 Definition
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Term
DNR
 Definition
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
Term
DOB
 Definition
date of birth
Term
DT
 Definition
delirium tremens
Term
ESWL
 Definition
extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy
Term
IMA
 Definition
internal mammary artery
Term
IOL
 Definition
intraocular lens
Term
KVO
 Definition
keep vein open (IV)
Term
LET
 Definition
lidocaine, epinephrine, tetracaine
Term
NG
 Definition
nasogastric (tube)
Term
NPO
 Definition
nothing by mouth (Latin: nil per os)
Term
NS
 Definition
normal saline
Term
OR
 Definition
operating room
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TKO
 Definition
to keep open (IV)
Term
TPN
 Definition
total parenteral nutrition
Term
ICU
 Definition
intensive care unit
Term
BICU
 Definition
burn intensive care unit
Term
CCU
 Definition
coronary care unit
Term
CICU
 Definition
cardiac intensive care unit, coronary intensive care unit
Term
CMICU
 Definition
coronary/medical intensive care unit
Term
CSDU
 Definition
cardiac step-down unit
Term
CSICU
 Definition
cardiac surgery intensive care unit
Term
CVICU
 Definition
cardiovascular intensive care unit
Term
ICU
 Definition
intensive care unit
Term
MICU
 Definition
medical intensive care unit, mobile intensive care unit
Term
NICU
 Definition
neonatal intensive care unit
Term
PICU
 Definition
pediatric intensive care unit
Term
SCICU
 Definition
spinal cord intensive care unit
Term
SCVICU
 Definition
surgical cardiovascular intensive care unit
Term
SICU
 Definition
surgical intensive care unit
Term
STICU
 Definition
surgical trauma intensive care unit
Term
TICU
 Definition
trauma intensive care unit
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