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Med Terms Set 3
Suffixes and Terminology
Term | Definition |
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Angio/o | Vessel |
Arteri/o | artery |
Ather/o | plaque |
Axill/o | armpit |
Cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
Chron/o | time |
Cyst/o | Bladder |
Cry/o | cold |
Inguin/o | groin |
Necr/o | death |
Ot/o | ear |
Phleb/o | vein |
Pneumon/o | lung |
Septic/o | infection |
Thorac/o | chest |
Ur/o | Urine |
Vascul/o | Blood vessel |
-algia | Condition of pain |
-emia | Blood condition |
-ia | Condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | Tumor, mass |
-sis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | Disease condition |
-rrhea | Flow, discharge |
-rrhage | Excessive discharge |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-uria | Condition of urine |
-al | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-ectomy | Removal, excision |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-scopy | Process of visual examination |
-stomy | opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision |