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Med. Term. Ch.1
Intro to Med Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical procedure |
| -clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -lysis | separation, loosening, destruction |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | an instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process for recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | swelling, hernia |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting (of) |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| dia-, trans- | through, across |
| dipl-, diplo- | double |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| endo-, intra- | in, within |
| homo-, homeo- | same |
| hypo- | below, under, deficiency |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre-, pro- | before, in front of |
| primi- | first |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| super- | upper, above |
| word root | primary meaning of medical term |
| combining form | created when a word root combines with a vowel |
| suffix | word element at the end of a word |
| prefix | word element at the beginning of a word |
| defining medical words | 1. define suffix 2. define the first part of the word 3. define the middle parts of the word |
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