Med Terminology 111
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| -centsesis | surgical puncture
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| -clasis | to break
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| -desis | binding/fixation
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| -ectomy | removal
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| -lysis | separation/destruction
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| -pexy | fixation
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| --rrhaphy | suture
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| -stomy | forming an opening
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| -tomy | excision
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -algia | pain
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| -dynia | pain
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| -cele | hernia/swelling
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| -ectasis | dilation/expansion
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| -edema | swelling
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -genesis | forming, producing
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| -iasis | abnormal condition
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -lith | stone, calculus
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | tumor
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | decrease, deficiency
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| -phagia | eating/swallowing
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| -phasia | speech
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| -phobia | fear of
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| -plasia | formation
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -rrhage | bursting of
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| -rrhea | dischage
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| Midsagittal | Right and left halves
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| Coronal | anterior and posterior
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| transverse | superior and inferior
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| Left Hypochondriac | upper left
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| Epigastric | upper middle
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| Right hypochondriac | upper right
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| Left lumbar | left middle
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| Umbilical | navel region
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| right lumbar | right middle
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| left inguinal | left lower
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| hypogastric | lower middle
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| Right inguinal | right lower
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| cyt | cell
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| hist | tissue
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| nucle/karyo | nucleus
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| anter | front
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| caud | tail
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| dist | far/ farthest
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| dors | back
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| inguin | groin
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| albin/leuk | white
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| chlor | green
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| chrom | color
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| cirrh/jaund/xanth | yellow
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| melan | black
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| poli | gray
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| acr | extremities
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| eti | cause
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| fasci | band
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| idi | unknown/peculiar
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| path | disease
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| somat | body
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| son | sound
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| xer | dry
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| super | above
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| trans | across
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| ultra | excess
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| sign | observable by others
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| symptom | experienced only by patient
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| adhesion | abnormal fibrous band that holds normally separated tissues together
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| analyte | substance being analyzed or tested
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| dehiscence | bursting open of a wound
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| febrile | feverish
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| morbid | diseased
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| sepsis | pathological state resulting from the presence of microorganisms
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| suppurative | producing or associated with generation of pus
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| ablation | removal of a part
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| anastomosis | surgical joining of two ducts, vessels, or bowel segments to allow flow to one another
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| curettage | scraping of a body cavity with a spoon shaped instrument called a curette
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| resection | partial excision of a bone, organ, or another structure.
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| Bx | biopsy
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| CT | computed tomography
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| Dx | diagnosis
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| PET | positron emission tomography
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| Sx | symptom
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| Tx | treatment
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| Adip/lip/steat | fat
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| cutane/dermat/derm | skin
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| hidr/sudor | sweat
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| ichthy | dry, scaly
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| kerat | horny tissue
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| myc | fungus
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| onych/ungu | nail
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| pil/trich | hair
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| scler- | hardening
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| seb- | sebum
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| squam- | scale
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| xen- | foreign
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| Carbuncle | deep-seated pyogenic infection of the skin usually involving subcutaneous tissue
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| cellulitis | acute infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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| ecchymosis | bruise
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| eschar | damaged tissue following a severe burn
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| furuncle | Bacterial infection of a hair follicle or sebaceous gland that produces a pus filled lesion called a boil
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| eczema | acute or chronic skin inflammation
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| hirsutism | condition characterized by excessive growth of hair
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| keratosis | thickened area of the epidermis
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| pallor | unusual paleness
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| pediculosis | infestation with lice
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| petechia | minute, pinpoint hemorrhage under the skin
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| pruritus | intense itching
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| purpura | bleeding disorders characterized by hemorrhage into the tissues
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| scabies | contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite
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| vitiligo | localized loss of skin pigmentation
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| FS | frozen section
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| I&D | incision and drainage
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