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medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| blast | embryonic, immature |
| capnia | carbon dioxide |
| cele | hernia |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cidal | killing |
| crine | secrete, separate |
| cyte | cell |
| cytosis | conditon of cells |
| ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condtioning |
| globin | protein |
| graphy | process of recording |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesia | movement |
| logy | study |
| lysis | break down, destroy |
| lytic | reduce, destroy |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oid | resembling |
| ole | little, small |
| oma | tumor |
| opia | vision |
| pathy | disease process |
| penia | decreased number |
| pepsia | digestion |
| pexy | fixation |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| pheresis | removal |
| philia | attraction for (increase in numbers) |
| phobia | fear |
| phoria | feeling (mental state) |
| phylaxis | protection |
| physis | grow, growth |
| plasia, plasm | formation, growth |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation |
| prandial | meal |
| ptosis | drooping |
| rrhag, rrhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| schisis | to split |
| slerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument for visual examination |
| stenosis | tightening, narrowing |
| stomy | new opening |
| thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
| tomy | out into |
| tresia | opening |
| ule | little, small |
| uria | urine |
| version | to turn |