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Building a Medical Vocabulary w/Spanish transition:Pathologies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cancer(o) Carcin(o) | Cancer |
| lith(o) | Stone or calculus |
| onc(o) | Tumor |
| Path(o) | disease |
| -cele | hernia(protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that contains it) |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -lith | stone or caculus |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -maniac | a person who shows excessive preoccupation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse(sagging) |