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VETT118
week1-Conditional/Structural Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia/-dynia Arthralgia/Arthrodynia | pain joint pain |
| -ia Hyperglycemia | state or condition elevated blood glucose |
| -ion Infarction | action,process, state condition of blood flow obstruction |
| -itis Hepatitis | inflammation inflammation of the liver |
| -ive congestive | preforms or tends towards tends towards accumulation of fluids |
| -malacia Osteomalacia | abnormal softening softening of the bones |
| -megaly Cardiomegaly | enlargement enlargement of the heart |
| -osis cardiosis | abnormal condition abnormal condition of the heart |
| -pathy Enteropathy | disease disease of the small intestine |
| -sclerosis Ateriosclerosis | abnormal hardening abnormal hardening of the arteries |
| -um Pericardium | structure structure surrounding the heart |
| -us Tarsus | the joint "thing" between the tibia and fibula and metatarsal bones |