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Med term Flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Centesis | Surgical puncture |
| desis | binding, fixation(of a bone or joint) |
| ectomy | removal, excision |
| lysis | separation, loosening |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| stomy | form an opening |
| tomy | incision (surgical) |
| tripsy | crushing |
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| garphy | process of recording |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | visual examination |
| algia | pain |
| cele | hernia |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomiting (emesis basin/ vomit bucket) |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen | forming, producing, origin |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| itis | inflamation |
| lith | stone,calculus |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition; increase |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease, deficiency |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation, growth |
| plasm | new formation |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| rrhage | bursting forth (of) |
| rrhagia | discharge of blood |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| toxic | poison |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| ac | pertaining to, cardi/ac (heart) |
| al | neur/al pertaining to a nerve |
| ar | muscul/ar pertaining to muscle |
| ary | pulmon/ary Pertaining to the lungs |
| eal | esophag/eal pertaining to the esophagus |
| ic | thora/ic pertaining to the chest |
| ical | path/o/log/ical pertaining to the study of disease |
| ile | pen/ile pertaining to the penis |
| ior | poster/ior pertaining to the back of the body |
| ous | cutane/ous pertaining to the skin |
| tic | acous/tic pertaining to hearing |
| esis | condition |
| ia | condition |
| ism | condition |
| iatry | medicine; treatment |
| ician | specialist |
| ist | specialist |
| y | condition; process |
| icle | small, minute |
| ole | smallest |
| ule | small |
| epi | above, upon |
| hypo | under, below, deficient |
| infra | under, below |
| sub | under |
| inter | between |
| post | after, behind |
| pre | before, in front of |
| pro | |
| retro | backward |
| bi | two |
| dipl | double |
| diplo | double |
| hemi | one half |
| hyper | excessive, above normal |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| uni | one |
| multi | many, much |
| poly | many |
| nulli | none |
| primi | first |
| quadri | four |
| tri | three |
| ab | from, away from |
| ad | toward |
| circum | around |
| peri | sround |
| dia | through, across |
| trans | through |
| ecto,exo,extra | outside, outward |
| endo, intra | in, within |
| para | near,beside;beyond |
| super | upper, above |
| supra | above, excessive; superior |
| ultra | excess, beyond |
| a, an | without, not |
| anti, contra | against |
| brady | slow |
| dys | bad; painful; difficult |
| eu | good, normal |
| hetero | different |
| homo, homeo | same |
| mal | bad |
| pan | all |
| pseudo | false |
| syn | union, together, joined |
| tachy | rapid |
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