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medical terminology chap 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hepatemesis | vommiting blood |
| arthritis | inflammation of the joint |
| gastrodynia | pain of the stomach |
| hematology | study of the blood |
| arthrocentesis | surigal puncture of a joint |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of stomach and intestine |
| encephalomeningitis | inflammation of brain and meninges |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| clasis | to surically break |
| desis | fixation of a joint or bone |
| ectomy | excision, removal |
| lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrphaghy | suture |
| stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tomy | incision |
| trispy | crushing |
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument to record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | visual examination |
| algia, dynia | pain |
| cele | hernia, swelling |
| ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vommiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen, genesis | forming, producing, orgin |
| iasis | abnormal condition (produce by something specific) |
| itis | inflammation |
| lith | stone |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrase, deficiency |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia, plasm | formation, growth |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rrhage, rrhagia | busting (of) |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| toxic | poison |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| esis | condition |
| ia | condition |
| ism | condition |
| iatry | medicine, treatment |
| ician, ist | specialist |
| y | condition, process |
| icle, ole, ule | small, minute |