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Intro Med Terms
Chapter 1: Into to Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mastectomy | excision of the breast |
| Gastrectomy | excision of the stomach |
| Polyneuritis | inflammation of many nerves |
| Osteoarthritis | inflammation of the bone and joints |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| Appendectomy | excision of the appendix |
| Gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -pexy | fixation of an organ |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stomy | forming on opening |
| -desis | binding, fixation of bone or joint |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
| -gen, -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -edema | swelling |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used with blood cells) |
| -spasm | involuntary condition (twitching) |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -pathy | disease |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ectasis | dialation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, & -ous | pertaining to |
| -esis, -ia, & -ism | condition |
| -ician, -ist | specialist |
| -iatry | medicine, treatment |
| Plural to Singular? avum | Singular to Plural? ova |
| Plural to Singular? fungus | Singular to Plural? fungi |
| Plural to Singular? diagnosis | Singular to Plural? diagnoses |
| Plural to Singular? thrombus | Singular to Plural? thrombi |
| Dipl-, Diplo- | double |
| Macro- | large |
| Homo-, Homeo- | same |
| Mono-, Uni- | one |
| Micro- | small |
| Circum-, Peri- | around |
| A-, An- | without, not |
| Super- | upper, above |
| Post- | after, behind |
| Pre-, Pro- | before, in front |
| Primi- | first |
| Dia-, Trans- | through, across |
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