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Tonya's terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -plasty | a repair or restoration of a part or a function |
| gen,genic,genesis | pertaining or caused by the genes |
| -scopy | observation or visual examination |
| -tomy | act of cutting; incision |
| -cyte | a suffix meaning a cell of a specified type or other substance |
| -lysis | destruction or decomposition of a cell or other substance |
| -pathy | morbid condition or disease generally used to designate a non iflammatory condition |
| phobia | a persistant irrational intense fear of an object, activity or situation |
| -stomy | a suffix meaning surgical opening |
| -stasis | a stoppage or diminuation of flow |
| cele- | hernia |
| -algia | pain |
| malacia | softening |
| -itis | inflammation |
| derm/dermat | skin |
| dynia/dysp | abnormal, bad difficult |
| -emia | blood condition |
| cardio | heart |
| path | disease |
| oste | bone |
| nuer | nerve |
| hem/hemat | blood |
| ger/gerent | aged |
| muscul/my | muscle |
| pnuem | air/lung |
| psych | mind |
| ectasis/ectasia | expansion~dilitation |
| -oma | tumor mass swelling |
| megaly | enlargement |
| iasis | condition |
| qnoc | every other night |
| pc | after meals |
| p | after |
| wa | while awake |
| qam | every morning |
| pm | evening |
| qh/q1h | every hour |
| mn | midnight |
| hs | hours of sleep |
| q2/q2h | every two hours |
| noct/noc | night |
| am | morning |
| quid | 4x a day |
| bacti | bacteriology |
| qod | every other day |
| F | fahrenheit |
| C | celsius |
| blwk | blood work |
| > | greater than |
| < | less than |
| osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| penia | deficiency |
| plasia | development , formation |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | drooping/ downward displacement |
| rrhage | flow discharge |
| pnea | breathing |
| centisis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| ectomy | removal or resection |