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HCP102 pt 1
Nancy Arellano
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | deficient |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of artificial opening to body surface |
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage | bleeding, excessive fluid discharge |
| -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 |
| cephal/o- | head |
| cyt/o-, -cyte- | cell |
| endo-, endo- | in, within, inside |
| exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| hist/o-, histi/o- | tissue |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | study of |
| path/o-, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling |
| plas/I-, plas/o-, -plasia | development |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| -stasis, -static | control |
| angi/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 |
| thromb/o- | clot |
| ven/o- | vein |