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Word elements A&P 1
Word elements denoting clinical conditions, signs, and symptoms. Part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -agra | Intense pain |
| -algesia | Pain |
| -algia | Pain, ache |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| brady- | Slow |
| carcino- | Cancer |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -cyesis | Pregnancy |
| -dynia | Pain, ache |
| dys- | Abnormal, bad, difficult |
| -ecstasis | Dilation, stretching |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| febri- | Fever |
| hyper- | Above normal |
| hypo- | Below normal |
| -ia | Condition |
| -iasis | Presence of |
| -ism | Process, condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lepsy | Seizure |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | Abnormal enlargement |
| -oma | Tumor |
| onco- | Tumor |