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Mdl Terminology 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an-, in- | without, absence of |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| -al, ac, ar, ary, -ia, -(t)ic, -ical, -ory, -eal, -(t)ous | pertaining to |
| -algia, dynia | pain |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cide, -cidal | destroying, killing |
| circum- | around |
| -clast, clasis | breaking |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| dia-, trans- | through, across |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| dys- | pain, difficult |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, sugical removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | a condition of the blood |
| en-, endo-, intra- | within, inner |
| epi- | above, upon |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex, extra | away from, external |
| -gen, -genesis | creating, producing |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper-, supra- | excessive, above |
| hypo-, sub-, infra- | below, beneath |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -iasis | pathological condition/state |
| inter- | between |
| iso- | same, equal |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesis, -kinesia | movement |
| -lith | stone |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad, inadequate |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | measurement |
| micro- | small |
| multi-, poly- | many, much |
| neo- | new |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole, ule | small |
| oligo- | deficiency |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| para-, peri- | beside, near |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pause | cessation, stopping |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia, -phage | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -plasm, -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| post- | after, following |
| pre- | before, forward |
| pro- | before, forward |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| quadri- | four |
| re-, retro | behind, back |
| -rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stasis | cessation, stopping |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | mouthlike opening |
| tachy- | rapid |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tomy | cutting into, incision |
| tox | poisonous |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment or growth |
| ultra- | beyond |
| uni- | one |
| -uria | urine |
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