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WCC Medical Term
Angio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| - tome | instrument to cut |
| - tomy | incision |
| - tripsy | crushing |
| - edema | swelling |
| - emesis | vomiting |
| - emia | blood condition |
| - itis | inflammation |
| - malacia | softening |
| - megaly | enlargement |
| - oma | tumor |
| - osis | abnormal condition |
| - pathy | disease |
| - penia | decrease |
| - phagia | eating/swallowing |
| - plasis | formation/growth |
| - plegia | paralysis |
| - ptosis | prolapse, downward, displacement |
| - rrhage | bursting forth |
| - ectomy | excision |
| - centesis | surgical puncture |
| - ectomy | excision |
| - centesis | surgical puncture |
| - stomy | forming an opening |
| - desis | binding, fixation of a bone or joint (setting) |
| - pexy | fixation of an organ (anchoring) |
| - rrhaphy | suture |
| - cele | swelling |
| - algia | pain |
| - clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| - lysis | separation; destruction |
| - plasty | surgical repair |
| - gram | record; writing |
| - graph | instrument for recording |
| - graphy | process of recording |
| - meter | intrument for measuring |
| - metry | act of measuring |
| - scope | instrument for examining |
| - scopy | visual examination |
| - ecrasis | dilation; expansion |
| - gen | forming; producing; origin |
| - genesis | forming; producing; origin |
| - iasis | abnormal condition (producing something specific) |
| - lith | stone, calculus |
| - plasm | formation, growth |
| - rrhagia | bursting forth |
| - rrhea | discharge, flow |
| - rrhexia | rupture |
| - sclerosis | abnormal condition of Hardening |
| - spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| - stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| - toxic | poison |
| - trophy | nourishment, development |