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unit 1 medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gen/o | creation, cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering,disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| troph/o | nourishment/development |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| xen/o | foreign |
| my/o | muscle |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia | pertaining to |
| -ism | pertaining to |
| -ium | pertaining to |
| -y | pertaining to |
| -icl | small |
| -ole | small |
| -ule | small |
| -ula | small |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | break down, loosen |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrage, rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graphy | recording |
| meter | measurement |
| -metry | measuring |
| -scope | looking instrument |
| -scopy | looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |