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Elena (HCP 102)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -Algia | Pain, painful condition |
| Dys- | Bad, difficult or painful |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
| Hyper- | excessive, increased |
| Hypo- | decreased, deficient |
| -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 the body. tail |
| cephal\o | head |
| cyt/o | cell |
| exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
| hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
| -otogist | 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 |