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Harrison Med Term
Chapter 4
Term | Definition |
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-plasty | surgical repair |
-opsy | view of, viewing |
-itis | inflammation |
-phagia | eating or swallowing |
myc/o | fungus |
aut/o | self |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
heter/o | other |
necr/o | death (cells, body) |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
pachy/o | thick |
strept/o | twisted chains |
epi- | on, upon, over |
staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
xer/o | dry |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
hidr/o | sweat |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
coni/o | dust |
seb/o | sebum (oil) |
-a | noun suffix, no meaning |
sub- | under, below |
per- | through |
trans- | through, across, beyond |
-coccus (pl. -cocci) | berry shaped (form of bacterium) |
-ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
-malacia | softening |
intra- | within |
trich/o | hair |
para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
bi/o | life |
crypt/o | hidden |
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |