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Elena HCP 102
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | Pain, Painful condition |
| dys- | Bad, difficult or painful |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
| Hyper- | Excessive, Increased |
| Hypo- | Decreased, Deficient |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -osis | Abnormal condition, Disease |
| -ostomy | The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
| -otomy | Cutting, Surgical Incision |
| -plasty | Surgical Repair |
| -rrhage | Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | Surgical Suturing |
| -rrhea | flow and discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -sclerosis | Abnormal Hardening |
| angi/o | blood, or lymph vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| brady- | slow |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -crasia | a mixture or blending |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood, relating to the blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| phleb/o | vein |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
| laryng/o | larynx, throat |
| nas/o | nose |
| ox/i, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
| pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu- | lung. air |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| thorac/o, -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
| trache/o, trachea | windpipe |
| -rrhaphy | Surgical Incision |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | before, front |
| caud/o | lower part of the body, tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
| exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | the science or study of |
| path/o, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| plas/I, plas/o, -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| poster/o | behind toward the back |
| stasis, -static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
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