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Terminology
words and definition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ultima | Last syllable |
| Penult | almost-last syllable |
| Antepenult | the one that is just before the penult |
| Root | Foundation or subject of the term |
| Suffix | ending that gives essential meaning to the term |
| Prefix | added to the beginning of the term when needed to further modify the root. |
| Hem/o and Hemat/o | Blood |
| Angi/o, Vas/o & Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Gen/o | Creation, cause |
| Hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | Change |
| myc/o | Fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scier/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -ium, | tissue |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle, -ole, -ule, -ula | small |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| Singular: -a -ax -ex -ix -is -ma | Plural: -ae -aces -ices -ices -es -mata |
| Sigular: -on -um -us -y | Plural: -a -a -i -ies |
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