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Medical Terminology

Ch. 1: Intro to Medical Terminology

TermDefinition
-centesis surgical puncture
-clasis to break; surgical fracture
-desis binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
-ectomy excision, removal
-lysis separation; destruction; loosening
-pexy fixation (or an organ)
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhapy suture
-stomy forming an opening (mouth)
-tome instrument to cut
-tomy incision
-tripsy crushing
-gram record, writing
-graph instrument for recording
-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 vomiting
-emia blood condition
-iasis abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
-itis inflammation
-lith stone, calculus
-malacia softening
-megaly enlargement
-oma tumor
-osis abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy disease
-penia decrease, deficiency
-phobia fear
-plegia paralysis
-rrhage -rrhagia bursting (of)
-rrhea discharge, flow
-rrhexis rupture
-stenosis narrowing, stricture
-toxic poison
-trophy nourishment, development
a- an- without, not
circum- peri- around
dia- trans- through, across
dipl- diplo- double
dys- bad, painful, difficult
end- intra- in, within
homo- homeo- same
hypo- under, below, deficient
macro- large
micro- small
mono- uni- one
post - after
pre- pro- before, in front of
primi- first
retro- backward, behind
super- upper, above
Created by: sgebhart
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