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Med. Terminology P1
Medical Word Elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -iatrics, -iatry | field of medicine |
| -iatrist, -ician, -is | specialist |
| -logist, -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy, -ology | study of |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cidal, -cide | destroying, killing |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together |
| -dilation | widening, stretching, expanding |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -metry | measurement |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | cutting into, incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -acusia, -acusis, -cusis | hearing |
| -algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| esthesia | sensation |
| -opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy | vision, view of |
| -osmia | smell, odor |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -clasis, -clast | to break |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gen, -genesis, | creating, producing |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -pause, -stasis | cessation, stopping |
| -phage, -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -uresis | urination |
| -cele | hernia |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| -cytosis | a condition of cells |
| -derma | skin |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | a condition of the blood |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -stasis or stat | stopping or cessation |
| dys- | Bad, painful, difficult |
| epi- | above |
| eu- | good |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | below, beneath |
| neo- | new |
| supra- | excessive, above |
| sub- | below, beneath |
| eso- | inward |
| -pathy | diease |
| -cyte or cytic | cell |
| dis- | apart, away from |
| physi- | phyiscal, nature |
| home- | same |
| extra- | outside of, beyond |
| intra- | within |
| patho/o | disease |