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Medical Terms Ch1
Chapter 1 of Medical Terminology for Health Professionals 4th edition
Question | Answer |
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-algia | pain and suffering |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
hyper- | excessive, or increased |
hypo- | deficient, or decreased |
-itis | inflammation |
-osis | abnormal condition, disease |
ostomy | surgically create an artifical opening |
-necrosis, tissue death | |
-otomy, surgical incision | |
-plasty, surgical repair | |
-rrhage, bleeding | |
-rrhaphy, to suture | |
-rrhea, abnormal flow | |
-rrhexis, rupture | |
-sclerosis, abnormal hardening | |
-scopy, visual examination | |
-stenosis, abnormal narrowing | |
ather/o, plaque or fatty substance | |
peri-, surrounding | |
suffix, word part that always comes at the end of the term |