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Word elements A&P 2
Word elements denoting clinical conditions, signs, and symptoms. Part 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -osis. | Condition |
| -osis | Increase |
| -paresis | Slight paralysis |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -phobia | Morbid fear |
| -phoria | Feeling, metal state |
| -plasia | Formation |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -porosis | Becoming porous |
| -ptosis | Sagging, prolapse |
| -ptysis | Spitting up |
| pyro- | Fever |
| -rhage | Excessive discharge |
| -rhea | Discharge, flow |
| -rhexis | Rupture, split |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| sepso- | Infection. |
| septico- | infection |
| -spasm | Twitch, cramp |
| -stenosis | Narrowing |
| tachy- | Fast |
| terato- | Monster, birth defect |
| -tocia | Childbirth, labor |