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chapter 123
Medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gastr | stomach |
| hemat | blood |
| arthr | joint |
| itis | inflammation |
| emesis | vomiting |
| dynia | pain |
| logy | study of |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| oste | bone |
| encephal | brain |
| clasis | surgical fracture / to break |
| desis | binding, fixation of a bone or joint |
| ectomy | excision, removal |
| lysis | separation, loosening, destruction |
| pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| append | appendix |
| thromb | blood clot |
| mast | breast |
| rhin | nose |
| my | muscle |
| trache | trachea |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tomy | incision |
| tripsy | crushing |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| gram | recording, writing |
| electr | electricity |
| cardi | heart |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | visual examination |
| angi | vessel |
| pelv | pelvis |
| endo | in, within |
| algia / dynia | pain |
| neur | nerve |
| ot | eat |
| cele | hernia, swelling |
| hepat | liver |
| ectasis | dilation, expanison |
| bronchi | bronchus |
| edema | swelling |
| emia | blood condition |
| emesis | vomiting |
| an | without, not |
| gen / genesis | forming, producing, orgin |
| carcin | cancer |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| chol | bile, gall |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition; increase ( with blood cells ) |
| cyan | blue |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease, deficiency |
| erythr | red |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| dys | painful, difficult, bad |
| phasia | speech |
| phobia | fear |
| hem | blood |
| plasia / plasm | formation, growth |
| plegia | paralysis |
| neo | new |
| hemi | one half |
| ptosis | prolapse, downward, displacement |
| blephar | eyelid |
| rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth |
| men | menstruation |
| rrhea | discharge flow |
| dia | through across |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| arteri | artery |
| sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| hepat | liver |
| toxic | poison |
| trophy | nourishment, developement |
| ac | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| ar | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ical | pertaining to |
| ile | pertaining to |
| ior | pertaining to |
| ous | pertaining to (or) composed of, producing |
| tic | pertaining to |
| esis | condition |
| ia | condition |
| ism | condition |
| iatry | medicine , treatment |
| ician | specialist |
| ist | specialist |
| y | condition process |
| pulmon | lung |
| esophag | esophagus |
| thorac | chest |
| path | disease |
| pen | penis |
| poster | back |
| cutane | skin |
| acous | hearing |
| di | double |
| ur | urine |
| pneumon | lung, air |
| pod | foot |
| obstetr | midwife |
| icle | small |
| ole | small |
| ule | small |
| ven | vein |
| ventr | belly, belly side |
| pre | before |
| peri | around |
| post | after |
| nat | birth |
| epi | above, upon |
| hypo | under, below, deficient |
| infra | under, below |
| cost | ribs |
| sub | under, below |
| nas | nose |
| inter | between |
| post | after, behind |
| pre | before, in front of |
| pro | before, in front of |
| gnosis | knowing |
| retro | backward, behind |
| version | turning |
| bi | two |
| later | side |
| dipl | double |
| diplo | double |
| opia | vision |
| bacteri | bacteria |
| hemi | one half |
| calc | calcium |
| hyper | excessive, above normal |
| macro | large |
| cyte | cell |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| uni | one |
| therapy | treatment |
| multi | many, much |
| poly | many, much |
| primi | first |
| quadri | four |
| gravida | pregnant woman |
| tri | three |
| ceps | heds |
| ab | away from |
| ad | towards |
| duction | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
| circum | around |
| peri | around |
| odont | teeth |
| trans | through across |
| vagin | vagina |
| ecto | outside, outward |
| tropia | turning |
| exo | outside, outward |
| extra | outside, outward |
| crani | cranium |
| endo | in, within |
| intra | in, within |
| para | near, beside; beyond |
| crine | secrete |
| super | upper, above |
| supra | above, excessive, superior |
| ren | kidney |
| son | sound |
| ultra | excess, beyond |
| a | without, not |
| an | without, not |
| esthesis | feeling |
| anti | against |
| contra | against |
| ception | conceiving |
| brady | slow |
| dys | bad, painful, difficult |
| eu | good, normal |
| pnea | breathing |
| tocia | childbirth |
| graft | transplant |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| homeo | same |
| plasia | formation, growth |
| mal | bad |
| pan | all |
| pseudo | false |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| syn | union, together, joined |
| dactyl | fingers; toes |
| tachy | rapid |
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