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Medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical punture |
| -clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood conditon |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin-carcinogen |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin-carcinogenesis |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -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 |
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