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medical term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| morph/o | change |
| path/o | disease or suffering |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| tom/o | cut |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhexis | repture |
| -algia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pathy | disease |
| -ium | tissue |
| -icle | small |
| lethargic | decreased level of consciousness |
| auscultation | to listen |
| benign | safe |
| palpation | to feel |
| malignant | dangerous |
| prognosis | to get better/worse |
| sterile | extremely clean/free of germs |
| occult | hidden |
| lesion | diseased tissue |
| discharge | to send home/ fluid coming out of the body |
| transverse | to divide the body from top to bottom |
| mortality | risk of dying |
| remission | to improve |
| recurrent | to have again |
| observation | to watch |
| onycho | nails |
| kerato | hardness |
| xantho | yellow |
| urticaria | hives |
| leuko | white |
| macerate | very wet |
| alopecia | hair loss |
| rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |