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Lynn HCP 102
Termonalogy
Term | Definition |
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-algia | pain, painful condition |
dys- | bad, difficult, or painful |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
hyper- | excessive, increased |
hypo- | deficient, decreased |
-itis | inflammation |
-osis | abnormal condition, disease |
-ostomy | the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
-otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | before, front |
caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
cephal/o | head |
cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
exo- | out of, outside, away from |
hit/o, histi/o | tissue |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | the science or study of |
path/o, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
plas/I, plas/o, -plasia | development, growth, formation |
poster/o | behind, toward the back |
-stasis, -static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
brady- | slow |
cardi/o | heart |
-crasia | a mixture or blending |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
erythr/o | red |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood, relating to the blood |
leuk/o | white |
phleb/o | vein |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
thromb/o | clot |
ven/o | vein |
bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
laryng/o | larynx, throat |
nas/o | nose |
ox/I, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
phon/o | sound, voice |
pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
pnea | breathing |
pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu- | lung, air |
pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
sinus/o | sinus |
somn/o | sleep |
spir/o | to breathe |
thorac/o, -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
trache/o, rachea | windpipe |