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Medical Term
Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nephr | kidney |
| gastr | stomach |
| carcin | cancer/cancerous |
| chrondr | cartilage |
| hypo | below/deficient |
| supra | above or beyond |
| ectomy | removal of |
| gen | substance that produces |
| derm | skin |
| itis | inflammation |
| dent | tooth |
| ist | specialist |
| oste | bone |
| oma | tumor |
| malacia | softening |
| ic , al | pertaining to |
| inter | between |
| cost | rib |
| bi | two |
| later | side |
| pelv | pelvis or hip region |
| hepat | liver |
| megaly | enlargement |
| enter | intestine |
| nas | nose |
| cyte | cell |
| rhin | nose |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| arthr | joint |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| desis | binding, fixation (of a bone joint) |
| ectomy | excision, removal |
| lysis | seperation, destruction, loosening |
| pexy | fixation (of an organ) /surgical fixation |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| stomy | forming of an opening (mouth) |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tripsy | crushing |
| tomy | incision |
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | visual examination |
| algia , dynia | pain |
| cele | hernia , swelling |
| ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomiting |
| gen , genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | softening |
| oma | tumor |
| pathy | disease |
| emia | blood |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| megaly | enlargement |
| lith | stone |
| penia | decrease |
| plasia , plasm | formation , growth |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth of |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| pre | before |
| peri | around |
| post | after |
| nat | birth |