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Medical Term (Anatomy)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -CELE | HERNIA |
| -STOMY | NEW OPENING |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -METER | INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE |
| -ASIS | FORMATION |
| -TAX | COORDINATION |
| -URIA | URINE |
| -MEGALLY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -RRHEA | DISCHARGE |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -OTOMY | SURGICAL INCISION |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VIEW INSIDE |
| -OLOGY | STUDY OF |
| -IST | SPECIALIST |
| -GRAM | PICTURE |
| -ESIS | ACTION OR PROCESS |
| -RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -KINESIA | MOVEMENT |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -AC | PERTAINING TO |
| -GRAPH | MACHINE THAT TAKES PICS |
| -RRHAPHY | SUTURING |
| -RRHANGE | BLEEDING |
| -TRIPSY | SURGICAL CRUSHING |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -GRAPHY | THE PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -UM | NOUN |
| -OSTOMY | SURGICAL CREATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL OPENING TO THE BODY SURFACE |
| -STENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING |
| -PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION |
| -ECTASIS | EXPANSION OR DILATION |
| -TUSS | COUGH |
| -OSMIA | SMELL |
| -THORAX | CHEST |
| -TOMY | CUTTING INTO |
| -ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OR PARTIAL REMOVAL |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -SCLEROSIS | ABNORMAL HARDENING |
| -SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -MALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| -ULE | SMALL |
| -CAPNIA | CARBON DIOXIDE |