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Chapter 1
Intro to Medical Terminology/Matching Word
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dys- | Bad, difficult, painful |
| Hyper- | Excessive, increased |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -algia | Pain, suffering, painful condition |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal, cutting out |
| -osis | Abnormal condition or disease |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| Hypo- | Deficient, decreased |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -necrosis | Tissue death |
| -ostomy | Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
| -otomy | Cutting, surgical incision |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -ac, -al | Pertaining to, relating to |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| -sclerosis | Abnormal hardening |
| -stenosis | Abnormal narrowing |