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IHC Med Term
IHC Med Term: Root words and Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| axill/o | armpit |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cyt/o | cell |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | skull |
| adip/o | fatty |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| vertabr/o | vertebrea |
| my/o, muscul/o | muscle |
| nas/o, rihn/o | nose |
| neur/o | nerves |
| opthalm/o, occul/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| pneum/o | lung |
| trache/o | trachea |
| thorac/o | chest cavity |
| ven/o, phleb/o | veins |
| -centisis | puncture |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -otomy | incision, cut into |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -lysis | seperation, destruction, loosening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -algia or -dynia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record, a writting |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process for recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -lithiasis | stone calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | sofening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -oid | similar to, like something else |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increasing |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -rrhage or -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -paresis | paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phagia | swallowing |
| phasia | talking |
| -pnea | breathing, lungs |
| -scope | instrument to observe with |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing |