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Medical Terminology-purple module
Question | Answer |
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-acusia | hearing |
-acusis | hearing |
-al | p2 |
-algesia | pain |
-algia | pain |
-ary | p2 |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ceps | head |
-cusia | hearing |
-cusis | hearing |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excission, removal |
-esthesia | feeling |
-ferent | to carry |
-glia | glue, neuroglial tissue |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-ic | p2 |
-ion | the act of |
-ism | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesia | movement |
-lalia | speech, babble |
-lepsy | seizure |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-lucent | to shine, clear |
-lysis | seperation, destruction |
-malacia | softening |
-mania | state of mental disorder |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-opaque | obscure |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ous | p2 |
-paresis | partial paralysis |
-pathy | disease |
-pexy | fixation |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-phoria | feeling |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plexy | stroke |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-social | society |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-taxia | order, coordination |
-thymia | mind, emotion |
-tic | p2 |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tropia | turning |