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Miriam Word Parts
HTH170- Terminology
Word Parts | meanning |
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adeno- | gland |
-algia | pain, painful condition |
angio- | pertainning to blood or lymph vessels |
cardio- | heart |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
chole- | bile, gail |
colo- | colon, large intestine |
colpo- | vagina |
crypto- | hidden |
cyst- | bladder, bag |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
lipo- | fat lipid |
litho- | stone/calculus |
-lysis | breackdown separation setting free, destruction, loosening |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-ostomy | surgical creations an opening |
hemo- | blood, pertaining to blood |
-itis | inflammation |
-pexy | surgical fixation, to put in place |
poly- | many |
pnea- | breathing |
-ptosis | prolapse, drooping forward |
-scopy | visual examination |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
-uria | urination, urine |
orchid- | testicles |
-pepsia | digestion |
gyneco- | women |
-ectasis | enlargment |
mast/mammo- | breast |
nephro- | kidney |
nulli- | none |
oophoro- | ovary |
entero- | small intestine |
episio- | vulva |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
galacto/lact- | milk |
gastro- | stomach |
gravido- | pregnancy |
gyneco- | women |
hepato- | liver |
hystero- | uterus |
-ism | condition, state of |
laparo- | abdomen abdominall wall |
-otomy | surgical removal |
ovo- | egg |
para- | to give birth |
primi- | first |
procto- | anus and rectum |
pyelo- | henal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
reno- | kidney |
rhino- | nose |
-rrhexis | rupture |
salpingo- | uterine tube, auditory tube |
-scopy | visual exam |
-thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
-tripsy | to crush |