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chapter 3
discussion decipher
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| phag/o | formation |
| plas/o | an abbreviation for a system or agreement |
| py/o | pick you own or pus |
| scler/o | hardness or the sclera of the eye |
| sten/o | narrow or close |
| -ac | pertaining to the cardiac |
| -al | pertaining to the skeletal |
| -ar | pertaining to the muscular |
| -ary | pertaining to the pulmonary |
| -eal | pertaining to the esophageal |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| pathy | disease |
| centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| meter | instrument used to measure |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | reconstruction |
| stomy | creation of an opening |