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med term
Term | Definition |
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Ac,al,ic | Pertaining to, related to, located to |
Apheresis | Removal |
Asthenia | Weakness |
Capnia | Carbon dioxide |
Cele | Protrusion, hernia |
Coccus, coccis | Berry-shaped |
Crit | To separate |
Crine | Separate, secrete |
Cyte | Cell |
Desis | Surgical fixation |
Dynia | Pain |
Ectasis | Dilation, expansion |
Ectomy | Surgical removal |
Emesis | Vomit |
Emia | Blood condition |
Ent, er, sit, or | Person or agent |
Esis, ia, a, ism, ity, y, osis, tion, sis, iasis, Isa | State or condition, disease |
Gen, genic | Producing, causing |
Genesis | Beginning, origin |
Gram | Record |
Graph | Instrument that records |
Graphy | Process of recording |
Iac | Epson afflicted with |
Ictal | Seizures |
Ist, ologist | A specialist in |
Ites, itis | Inflammation |
Ium | Membrane |
Ize | Use, subject to |
Logy | Science, study of |
Lysis, lytic | Destroy, dissolution, separation |
Malacia | Softening |
Megaly | Enlargement |
Oma | Tumor |
Opsy | To view |
Oxia | Oxygen |
Paresis | Slight paralysis |
Pathy | Disease |
Pepsia | Digestion |
Pexy, pexis | Fixation, storing |
phagia, phagy | eating, swallowing |
phobia | abnormal fear, intolerance |
plasty | surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
poiesis | formation |
porosis | passage |
rrahge, rrahgi | excessive flow |
rrhaphy | suturing in place |
rrhea | flow or discharge |
Rrexis | Rupture |
Sarcoma | Malignant tumor |
Sclerosis | Hardening |
Scope | Instrument for examining |
Scopy | Visual examination |
Sepsis | Infection |
Spasm | Sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
Stasis | Control, stop |
Stenosis | Narrowing |
Stomy | Surgical opening |
Tomy | Cutting, incision |
Trophy | Nourishment, develop |
Ule | Little |