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Table 2-2/2-8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| construction | narrowing |
| pathy | disease |
| emia | condition of the blood |
| cytosis | condition of the cells |
| ia, ism | condition |
| plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| pneic | pertaining to breathing |
| pnea | breathig |
| oxia | oxygen |
| lepsy, leptic | siezure |
| ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| gravida | pregnant woman |
| partrum ,tocia | childbirth, labor |
| oma | tumor |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| plastic | pertaining to formation, growth |
| trophy | nourishment, growth |
| itis | inflammation |
| iasis | pathologial state or condition |
| phonia | voice |
| salpinx | uterine fallopian tube |
| Penia | defieciency |
| derma | skin |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| thorax | chest |
| edema | swelling |
| megaly | enlargement |
| plasia, plasm | formation, growth |
| static | resting, not in motion |
| plegia | paralysis |
| uria | urine |
| malacia | softening |
| litch | stone |
| pepsia | digestion |
| oid | resembling |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| cele | hernia |
| iatrics, iatry | field of medicine |
| iatrist, ician, ist | specialist |
| logist, ologist | specialist in the study of |
| logy, ology | study of |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| cidal, cide | destroying,killing |
| desis | surgical fixation of a bone of joint |
| dialation | expanding, stretching, widening |
| ectomy | exsision, surgical removal |
| grapy | process of recording |
| metry | measurment |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
| scopy | visual examination |
| therapy | treatment |
| tomy | cutting into, incsion |
| 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 | dialation expansion |
| emesis | vomitting |
| gen, genesis, genic genous | creating producing |
| kinesia, kinesis | movement |
| lysis | destruction |
| pause, stasis | censsation, stopping |
| phage, phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phasia | speach |
| rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrehxis | rupture |
| spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| uresis | urination |
| graph | recording instrument |
| meter | measuring instrument |
| scope | viewing instrument |
| tome | cutting instrument |
| cyte, cytic | cell |
| gram | record |
| ole, ule | small |
| prandial | meal |
| stomy | mouthlike opening |