Question | Answer |
acu/o | sharp, sever, sudden |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
axill/o | armpit |
hydro/o | water |
leuk/o | white |
morph/o | shape |
necr/o | death of cells or death of whole body |
radi/o | x-rays |
sarc/o | flesh |
phag/o | to eat |
phleb/o | vein |
isch/o | to hold back |
-algia | pain |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | surgical removal or excision, resection |
-genesis | to create or produce |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | break apart, destruction, rupture |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | mass, tumor, collection of fluid |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-plasia | development, growth, formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-scope | camera, instrument for visualization |
-scopy | process of visualization with a scope |
-o/stomy | surgical creating of an opening |
-thermia | pertaining to heat |
-o/tomy | incision, cutting into |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-ic | pertaining to |
removal of a gland | adenectomy |
tumor of a gland | adenoma |
tumor of flesh | sarcoma |
atrophy | to waste away |
endocrine | to secrete within (the blood) |
exocrine | to secrete out (a duct, to the outside of the body) |
hyperplasia | abnormal cell growth, increased NUMBER of cells |
hypertrophy | abnormal cell growth, increased SIZE of cells |
hyperthermia | extremely high temperature |
hypothermia | extremely low temperature |
c.c. | with meals |
CC: | chief complaint |
a.c. | before meals |
p.c. | after meals |
pt | patient |
FHx | family history |
c (with a hyphen over it) | with |
s (with a hyphen over it) | without |
a (with a hyphen over it) | before |
p (with a hyphen over it) | after |