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Medical Terms
| Word part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -tomy | to cut incision |
| ana | apart |
| physio | nature |
| -ology | study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -genic | origin or production |
| -genesis | origin or production |
| -lysis | break down or dissolution |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| --oid | resembling |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | formation of or presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -plasia | formation |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| -rrhage | to burst forth |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | excision (removal) |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation |
| -plast | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | examination |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| -pathy | disease |
| -trophy | nourishment or development |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | to toward or near |
| ambi- | both |
| ante- | before |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| anti- | against or opposed to |
| contra- | against or opposed to |
| bi- | two or both |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| peri- | around |
| con- | together or with |
| sym- | together or with |
| syn- | together or with |
| de- | from down or not |
| dia- | across or through |
| trans- | across or through |
| dis- | separate or apart |
| dys- | painful difficult or faulty |
| e- | out or away |
| ec- | out or away |
| ex- | out or away |
| ecto- | outside |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| en- | within |
| endo- | within |
| intra- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| eu- | good or normal |
| hemi- | half |
| semi- | half |
| hyper- | above or excessive |
| hypo- | below or deficient |
| infra- | below or under |
| sub- | below or under |
| inter- | between |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond after or change |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| uni- | one |
| neo- | new |
| pachy- | thick |
| pan- | all |
| para- | alongside |
| poly- | many |
| multi- | many |
| post- | after or behind |
| te- | again or back |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| super- | above or excessive |
| supra- | above or excessive |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond or excessive |
| acute | sharp having severe symptoms and a short course |
| chronic | a condition developing slowly and persisting over time |
| benign | mild or noncancerous |
| malignant | harmful or cancerous |
| -dynia | pain (especially in the head) |
| arthralgia | pain in the joint |
| bronchitis | inflammation of the bonchus |
| cephaledema | swelling of the head |
| colectomy | removal of the colon |
| gastralgia | pain in the stomach |
| hepatoscopy | examination of the liver |
| mastectomy | removal of the breast |
| nephrostomy | to furnish the kidney w/ an outlet |
| pneumonectomy | remvoal of the lung |
| rhinitis | inflammation of the nose |
| al | pertaining to |
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