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Medical Terminology; Completed 4/26/24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -agra | severe pain |
| -al -ar -ary -ia -ic -ory -ous -tic | pertaining to (8) |
| -algia -dynia | pain (2) |
| -apheresis (2) | separation, removal |
| -arche (2) | beginning, first |
| -assay (2) | analyze, to examine |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -atresia (2) | closure, occlusion |
| -basia | walking |
| -blast (2) | immature, to build |
| -bulia -boulia | will (2) |
| -calculia | to compute |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cataphasia | affirmation |
| -cathisia -kathisia | sitting (2) |
| -cele (2) | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ceptor -receptor | receiver (2) |
| -chalasis | relaxation |
| -chesia -chezia | defecation (2) |
| -chroia | skin coloration |
| -cide | killing agent |
| -clasia -clasis | break |
| -clast | to break down |
| -clysis (2) | irrigation, washing |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -coimesis | sleeping |
| -coma | deep sleep |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| -crasia | mixture, temperature |
| -crit | separate |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -derma | skin condition |
| -desis (2) | fusion, surgical fixation |
| -didymus | conjoined twin |
| -drome | running |
| -ectasia | dilation, widening |
| -ectasis (2) | expansion, stretching |
| -ectomy | surgical removal (excision) |
| -edema -tumescence | swelling (2) |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood |
| -emphraxis (2) | obstruction, stoppage |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -facient (2) | to cause, make happen |
| -form (2) | form, specified shape |
| -gen (2) | generating, formation |
| -genesis (2) | development, formation |
| -genic (3) | causing, forming, produced by |
| -geusia | taste |
| -globin -globulin | protein (2) |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -grade | step |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -helminth | worm |
| -hexia -us | condition (2) |
| -iasis | abnormal condition produced by something specific |
| -ician -ist -logist (2) | one who studies, specialist (3) |
| -ism | condition of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -labile (2) | perishable, unstable |
| -lapse | fall, sag, slide |
| -lalia (2) | babble, speech |
| -legia | reading |
| -lemma | confining membrane |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lexia (2) | speech, word |
| -lipsis (2) | fail, omit |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis (2) | breakdown, destruction |
| -lytic | destroy |
| -kinesia -kinetic | movement (2) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania (3) | madness, obstructive, preoccupation |
| -masesis (2) | chewing, mastication |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metrist | specialist in the measurement of |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -mimesis (2) | imitation, simulation |
| -mnesia | memory |
| -motor (2) | motion, movement |
| -noia (2) | mind, will |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole -ule | small (2) |
| -oma -phyma (2) | mass, tumor (2) |
| -opia -opsia | vision (2) |
| -opsy | view of |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -oscopy | visual examination of internal cavity using a scope |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -osmia -osphresia | smell (2) |
| -ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| -otomy | cutting into (incision) |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pagus | conjoined twins |
| -para -parous -partum | childbirth (3) |
| -paresis (2) | partial paralysis, weakness |
| -parous (2) | bearing, bringing forth |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pause | cessation |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -petal (2) | moving toward, seeking |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phil -philia | affinity for (2) |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -phonia | sound, voice |
| -phoresis (2) | carrying, transmission |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis -plasia -plasm (2) | formation, growth (2) |
| -phyte | plant |
| -piesis | pressure |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia -plegic | paralysis (2) |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -pore (2) | opening, passageway |
| -porosis | condition of decreased density |
| -posia | drinking |
| -prandial | meal |
| -praxia (2) | action, activity |
| -privia (2) | deprivation, loss |
| -pterygium | abnormality of the conjunctiva |
| -ptosis (3) | drooping, falling, prolapse |
| -puncture | to pierce a surface |
| -rrhage -rrhagia (2) | burst forth, excessive flow (2) |
| -rrhaphy (2) | surgical repair, suture |
| -rrhea (2) | discharge, flow of |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -scelia | leg |
| -schisis (2) | cleft, splitting |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used to visually examine |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sect | to cut |
| -sepsis | putrifying |
| -sis | condition (usually abnormal) |
| -some | body |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stabile (2) | fixed, stable |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis (2) | slow, stop |
| -stat | device/instruments for keeping something stationary |
| -stenosis | constricting, narrowing |
| -sthenia | strength |
| -stichia | rows |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -stroma | supporting tissue of an organ |
| -taxia (2) | arrangement, coordination |
| -tension (2) | strained, stretched |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest |
| -thymia (2) | emotions, mind |
| -tocia | labor |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | surgical incision |
| -tresia (2) | opening, perforation |
| -tripsy (2) | breaking, crushing |
| -trophy (2) | growth, nourishment |
| -tropia | to turn |
| -tumescence | swelling |
| -type (2) | class, representative form |
| -uresis | urination |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -verse (2) | turn, turning |
| -volemia | blood volume |
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