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steven swartz ,med term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| centesis | surgical punture to remove fluid |
| dynia | pain |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| emesis | vomit |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen,genic | producing cause |
| genesis | begining orgins |
| gram | record |
| graph | instrument that records |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ician | one who |
| ictal | seizure,attack |
| ist,ologist | a specialist in |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | destroy,dissolution,seperation |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargment |
| oma | tumor |
| oxia | oxygen |
| paresis | slight paralysis |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| pnea | breathing |
| rrhage,rrhagia | excessive flow |
| rrphay | suturing in place |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sarcoma | maliganat tumor |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scopy | visual examination |
| stasis | control,stop |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| stomy | surigcal opening |
| tome | instrument for |
| tomy | cutting incisison |
| ab | awaya from |
| ad,af | toward near |
| ante | before,in front of |
| anti | against,opposing |
| brady | slow |
| contra | againist,opposed |
| dia | through,between |
| dis | apart,free |
| dorso | to the back |
| dys | difficult,bad,painful,abnormal |
| ect,ecto,exo | outside if |
| end,end,ent,ento | within,inside |
| epi,ep | upon,on,over |
| eu | normal,good,healthy |
| extra,extro | outside of,beyond |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | excessive |
| hyp,hypo | under beneath,deficent |
| infra | below,beneath |
| inter | between |
| intra,intro | within,into |
| mal | bad |
| mega | big |
| micr,mirco | small |
| mult,multi | many |
| neo | new |
| oligo | little few |
| para | beside |
| peri | around |
| poly | many,much |
| post | after |
| pre,pro | before |
| pyo | ous |
| steno | narrow |
| sub | under |
| super,supra | above,excess,superior |
| tachy | fast |
| therm | heat |
| trans | across |
| cyano | blue |
| erythro | red |
| leuko | white |
| melano | black |
| nulli | none |
| mon,mono | one |
| bi,di,dipli | tgwo,double,twice |
| tri | three |