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COHP Chap. 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gastr- | stomach |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oste | bone |
| arthr- | joint |
| poly- | many |
| neur- | nerves |
| append- | appendix |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| mast- | breast |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| intestin- | intestine |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -lysis | separation, destruction,loosening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -desis | binding, fixtation (bone or joint) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -scope | instrument of examining |
| -graph | instrument of recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -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 |
| -edema | swelling |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -pathy | disease |
| -oma | tumor |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emeisis | 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 |
| thrombi | thrombus |
| ova | ovum |
| fungi | fungus |
| diagnoses | diagnosis |
| dipl-, diplo- | double |
| macro- | large |
| homo-, homeo- | same |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| small | micro |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| super | upper, above |
| post | after, behind |
| pre-, pro- | before, in front |
| primi- | first |
| dia-, trans- | through, across |