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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| clasis | to break (surgical fracture) |
| desis | binding, fixation, (usually bone or joint) |
| ectomy | excision/removal |
| lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| stomy | forming an opening |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tomy | incision |
| tripsy | crushing |
| gram | record writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| graphy | process of recording |
| scopy | visual examining |
| aliga | pain |
| dynia | pain |
| cele | hernia/swelling |
| ectosis | dilation, expansion |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen | forming, producing, origin |
| genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease, deficiency |
| phobia | fear |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| toxic | poison |
| ac | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| ar | pertaining to |
| axy | pertaining to |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ior | pertaining to |
| ous | pertaining to |
| tic | pertaining to |
| ia | condition |
| ism | condition |
| y | condition |
| iatry | medicine/treatment |
| ist | medicine/treatment |
| icle | small/minute |
| ole | small/minute |
| ule | small/minute |
| endo | in or within |
| intra | in or within |
| epi | above, upon |
| hypo | under, below, deficent |
| infra | under, below |
| sub | under, below |
| inter | between |
| retro | backward, behind |
| dipl | double |
| diplo | double |
| qudri | four |
| mono | one |
| ab | forward, away from |
| ad | toward |
| circum | around |
| peri | around |
| dia | through, across |
| trans | through, across |
| ecto | outside, outward |
| exo | outside, outward |
| extra | outside, outward |
| para | near, besides, beyond, to bear |
| super | upper, above |
| supra | above, excessive, superior |
| a | without, not , absent |
| an | without, not, absent |
| anti | against |
| contra | against, opposite |
| auto | self, own |
| brady | slow |
| dys | bad, painful, difficult |
| eu | good, normal |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| homeo | same |
| tachy | rapid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| anter/o | anterior,front |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| dist/o | farthest, far |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back(of body), behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| juand/o | yellow |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | grey |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray, radius |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
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