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Medical V. Ch 1
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -paralysis | -plegia |
| dilation | -ectasis |
| vommiting | -emesis |
| blood condition | -emia |
| abnormal condition (produced by something specified) | -iasis |
| -al, -ac, -ary, -ic, -ile, -ous | pertaining to |
| surgical puncture | -centisis |
| crshing | -tripsy |
| separation, destruction, loosening | -lysis |
| incision | -tomy |
| fixation (of organs) | -pexy |
| structure | -rrhaphy |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| forming an opening | -stony |
| binding, fixation of a bone or joint | -desis |
| instrument to cut | -tome |
| instrument for examining | -scope |
| visual examination | -scopy |
| instrument for recording | -graph |
| process of recording | -graphy |
| instrument for measuring | -meter |
| act of measuring | -metry |
| record, writing | -gram |
| pain | -algia, -dynia |
| formation, growth | -plasia, -plasm |
| forming, producing, origin | -gen, -genisis |
| bursting forth of | -rrhage, -rrhagia |
| swelling | -edema |
| hernia, swelling | -cele |
| stone, calculus | -lith |
| abnormal confition increase primarily with blood cells | -osis |
| involuntary contraction, twitching | -spasm |
| narrowing, stricture | -stenosis |
| discharge, flow | -rrhea |
| disease | -pathy |
| inflammation | -itis |
| tumor | -oma |
| rupture | -rrhexis |
| meaning condition | -esis, -ia |
| a specialists | -ician, -ist |
| medicine, treatment | -iatrary |
| double | -diplo, -dipl |
| large | -macro |
| means the same | -homo. -homeo |
| one | -mono, -uni |
| small | -micro |
| around | -circum, -peri |
| without, not | a-, an- |
| above, upper | super- |
| after, behind | post- |
| before, in front | pre-, pro- |
| first | prim- |
| through, across | dia-, trans- |
| fracture, surgical break | -clasis |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| trachea | tranche |
| vomiting | emesis |
| excessive | hyper- |
| kidney | nephr/o |
| liver | hepat |
| bile vessel | cholangi/o |
| macron, long | - |
| breeve, short | v |