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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ium | means tissue ex: pericardium |
| peri- | means around ex: pericardium |
| cardi | means heart ex: pericardium |
| pericardium | tissue around heart ium / peri / cardi |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| tomy | to cut open / a cutting procedure |
| stomy | the creation of an opening |
| gen/o | creation or cause |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| xen/o | foreign |
| 3 parts used to build medical terms | root- foundation suffix- end that gives meaning prefix beginning of word that modify the root |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| spasm | involuntary contractions |