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HPC102 part 1
karen escobar
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -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 the body |
| cephal/o- | head |
| cyt/o-, -cyte- | cell |
| end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
| exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| hist/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, towards the back |
| -stasis, -static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| Angi/o, vas/o | Blood or lymph vessel |
| Aort/o | Aorta |
| Arteri/o | Artery |
| Arther/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, pnue- | lung, air |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spir/o | to breath |
| thorac/o, thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
| trache/o, thrachea | windpipe |
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