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Med Terms
root words, prefix, or suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Emesis | vomiting |
| Centesis | surgical puncture |
| Lysis | destruction of or loosening |
| Desis | binding; fixation |
| Plasty | surgical repair; reconstruction |
| stomy | opening (mouth) |
| Tomy | to cut into; incision |
| gram | record'; write |
| meter | measuring instrument |
| algia | pain |
| dynia | pain |
| Ectasis | expansion |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| lith | stone; calculus |
| megaly | enlargement |
| osis | any condition |
| penia | decrease; deficiency |
| Plegia | paralysis |
| rrhea | discharge; flow |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| trophy | development or growth |
| peri | around |
| dipl or diplo | two; double |
| dys | painful; bad |
| homo or homeo | same |
| hyper | above or increase |
| macro | large |
| post | after or behind |
| retro | backward |
| col | colon |
| nephr | kidney |
| ost(e) | bone |
| cholangi | bile |
| hyster | uterus or womb |
| oto | ear |
| thorac | chest |
| hepat | liver |
| appendic | appendix |