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CH 5B

Principles of healthcare

TermDefinition
ac pertaining to
al pertaining to
ar pertaining to
ary pertaining to
eal pertaining to
ia pertaining to
iac pertaining to
ic pertaining to
ical pertaining to
ose pertaining to
ous pertaining to
tic pertaining to
algia pain, painful condition
centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid
cide to kill, destroy
cyte cell
ectomy surgical removal of
emia blood, blood conditon
gram record
graph an instrument used to record
cardi/o heart
cellul/o cell
psych/o psychosis
neur/o nerve
amin/o amino
germ/o germ
leuk/o white
gastr/o stomach
bacteri/o bacteria
electr/o electricity
graphy process of recording
ia condition
ion condition
ism condition
itis inflammation
lithiasis presence of or formation of stones
logy study of
megaly enlargement
oid resembling
oma tumor
osis abnormal condiiton
otomy surgical incision
pathy disease
plasty surgical or plastic repair
plegia paralysis
pnea breathing
rrhaphy surgical suturing
rrhea drainage
rrhexis rupture
scope instrument used to view
sis action
stasis stoppage
stomy surgically create an artifical mouth or stoma
tachy rapid
hyper excessive
tens pressure
hypo below
thyroid thyroid
chole gallbladder
hepat liver
rheuma rheumatism
my muscle
nephr kidney
tache trachea
encephal/o brain
rhin/o nose
hemi half
a without
ot/o ear
sigmoid/o sigmoid
myc/o fungus
ven/o vein
col/o colon
anti against
auto self
bi two
brady slow
dys bad, difficult
epi over
eu good
inter between
intra within
multi many
uria urine
bio life
immune immune
furcate branches
cardia hart
costal ribs
venous veins
nodal nodes
non not
peri around
poly many
post after
pre before
pseudo false
quadri four
semi half
sub under
supra above
tri three
toxic poisonous
anal anus
operative surgical procedure
permeable allowing fluids to flow through
sternal sterum
pubic pubic area
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